The corpus record

μεγᾰλό-φρων

megalophron · ὁ

high-minded, generous

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 2 · 2.59/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Alcibiades 1 2 · 1.95/10k
Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Discourses 3 · 0.4/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μεγᾰλό-φρων · megalo-phrōn — LSJ

high-minded, generous

high-minded, generous, Protag. 9; Ἡσυχία Ar. Lys. 1289 codd. (lyr.), cf. Isoc. 2.25: Comp., Id. 12.60, 242, Luc. Am. 52; μ. εἰς δαπάνην Gal. 13.954; τὸ μ. X. Ages. 11.11. Adv. -όνως J. AJ 6.6.5, OGI 566.12 (Oenoanda): Sup. -έστατα, εἰπεῖν Philostr. VS 2.1.3.

2 arrogant

in bad sense, arrogant: in Adv. -όνως Pl. Euthd. 293a, X. HG 4.5.6.

In the wild

μεγαλοφρόνως · megalophronōs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1086)
μεγαλόφρονος · megalophronos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7838)
μεγαλόφρονα · megalophrona Epictetus, Discourses 2.14 (DIORISIS sentence 2643)
μεγαλόφρονα · megalophrona Epictetus, Discourses 3.20 (DIORISIS sentence 4701)
μεγαλόφρων · megalophrōn Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5293)
μεγαλόφρονα · megalophrona Epictetus, Enchiridion 24 (DIORISIS sentence 142)

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Where it came from

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