μεγᾰλο-πρεπής, ές,
befitting a great man, magnificent, δεῖπνον μ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.18; δωρεὴν μεγαλοπρεπεστάτην [prev. author] 6.122; κάλλιστον ἔργον καὶ μεγαλοπρεπέστατον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1125; ταφή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 234c; προαίρεσις 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Epitaphius” 40; πράξεις [prev. work] 1 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόξα [[ NT.2Pet.1.17, etc. ] NT]
__2 of persons, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 487a, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107b17; τὸ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a horse, [[ [prev. author] “Eq.” 10.1 (_comparative_)] Refs]: superlative, as honorific title, [[ “PGrenf.” 2.81 (a). 14 (5th c.AD), etc. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__3 of style, μ. λόγοι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 210d; λέξις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1441b12; μεθιστάναι ἐπὶ τὸ -έστερον [prev. work] 1423b12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II adverb -πέως, Attic dialect -πῶς[[, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.128, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.17, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -έστερον [[ [prev. author] “Vect.” 6.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 215e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -έστατα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.57. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]