μεγᾰλ-ωστί [ῐ],
adverb of μέγας, far and wide, over a vast space, κεῖτο μέγας μ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.776, compare 18.26; κεῖσο μέγας μ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.40, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 20a. 18. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II variant for{μεγάλως}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.161, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 4.12.1, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 ={μεγαλοπρεπῶς}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67, 6.70, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.13.5, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Zeux.” 8.] Refs 5th c.BC+] — Epic dialect, _Ionic dialect_, and late Prose.