The corpus record

μεγᾰλο-πρέπεια

megaloprepeia · ἡ

magnificence

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Where it lives

Psalmi 9 · 2.63/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Meno 2 · 2.04/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 7 · 1.24/10k
Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
Eudemian Ethics 2 · 0.77/10k
Rhetoric 3 · 0.7/10k
Republic 6 · 0.68/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

μεγᾰλο-πρέπεια · megalo-prepeia — LSJ

magnificence

magnificence, as a quality of persons, Hdt. 1.139, 3.125, Pl. R. 486a, Isoc. 9.2, Arist. EN 1107b17, etc.

II elevation

of style, elevation, D.H. Comp. 16, Th. 23, Demetr. Eloc. 37.

III

as a title, ἡ σὴ μ. Just. Nov. 41 Praef.; ἡ αὐτοῦ μ. POxy. 1163.4 (v A. D.).

In the wild

μεγαλοπρέπειαν · megaloprepeian Aristotle, Ars Poetica 24
μεγαλοπρέπεια · megaloprepeia Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
μεγαλοπρέπεια · megaloprepeia Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
μεγαλοπρέπεια · megaloprepeia Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1107b (DIORISIS sentence 535)
μεγαλοπρέπειαν · megaloprepeian Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1107b (DIORISIS sentence 539)
μεγαλοπρεπείας · megaloprepeias Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1122a (DIORISIS sentence 1197)

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Where it came from

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