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μεγᾰλο-φῠής

megalophues

of noble nature

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Where it lives

Discourses 3 · 0.4/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

μεγᾰλο-φῠής · megalo-phyēs — LSJ

of noble nature

of noble nature, ἄνδρα -έστερον ἢ κατʼ ἄνθρωπον Plb. 12.23.5, cf. Dam. Pr. 54 (Comp.); οἱ μ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων S.E. P. 1.12, cf. Arr. Epict. 3.23.15; μ. ἤθη καὶ πάθη D.H. Vett.Cens. 2.11; ἡ μ. αὐθεντία σου, as a title, Just. Nov. 126.3 Ep. Adv. -φῠῶς Arr. Epict. 2.17.19.

2 endowed with genius, lofty genius

endowed with genius, Phld. Rh. 1.28 S., D.L. 1.38; τὸ μ. lofty genius, Longin. 9.1; τὸ -έστατον Id. 34.4.

3 large

large, ἀμφίβια (in the Nile), Str. 15.1.22.

II with exaggeration

Adv. -φυῶς in bad sense, with exaggeration, Cleom. 2.1.

In the wild

μεγαλοφυής · megalophyēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 288)
μεγαλοφυῶς · megalophyōs Epictetus, Discourses 2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 2936)
μεγαλοφυὴς · megalophyēs Epictetus, Discourses 3.23 (DIORISIS sentence 5174)
μεγαλοφυοῦς · megalophyous Epictetus, Discourses 3.23 (DIORISIS sentence 5175)

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