μεγᾰλεῖ-ος, α, ον,
(μέγας) magnificent, splendid, ῥήματα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.34 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κτῆμα[[ [prev. work] 4.5.2; μ. τι διαπεπραγμένος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Per.fragment” 1, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.6 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πίστιν -οτάταν probably in Paean cited in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 16 (“Coll.Alex.” p.173 P.)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ μ. τῶν πράξεων, τῆς ἀθανασίας, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.1.1, “SIG” 798.4 (1st c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.BC+], cf. Vett. Val.70.1; τὰ μ. mighty works, [[ LXX.Deu.11.2, +others, NT.Act.2.11 ] LXX+NT]. adverb -ως greatly, ὠφελῶν τὴν πόλιν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 11.16, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.87.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; magnificently, μ. εἴρηκας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 291e; ὀψωνεῖν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 192; θεοὺς μ. τιμᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 168c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -οτέρως, γαμεῖν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of persons, stately, haughty, [[ [prev. author] “Mem.” 4.1.4. ] Refs]
__3 τὸ μ. τινός, as a title, Highness, [[ POxy. 1204.10 (3rd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__4 of style, elevated, [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 14, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb superlative -ότατα, ἑρμηνεῦσαι [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.21.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]