μεγᾰλ-ηγορέω · megal-ēgoreō — LSJ
talk big, boast
talk big, boast, X. An. 6.3.18: with neut. Adj., ἕκαστα ἐμεγαληγόρουν Id. Cyr. 4.4.2, cf. 7.1.17; also τοιοῦτόν τινα λόγον μ. Polem. Cyn. 45.
II extol highly
trans., extol highly, Hdn. 3.9.12.
The corpus record
μεγᾰλ-ηγορέω
megalegoreo
talk big, boast
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Where it lives
- Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
- Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
- Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- μεγαληγορεῖν · megalēgorein Xenophon, Agesilaus 8.2 (DIORISIS sentence 274)
- μεγαληγορήσαντας · megalēgorēsantas Xenophon, Anabasis 6.3.18 (DIORISIS sentence 2763)
- ἐμεγαληγόρουν · emegalēgoroun Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.4.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2024)
- ἐμεγαληγόρει · emegalēgorei Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.1.17 (DIORISIS sentence 3546)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.