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μεγᾰλο-πρεπής

megaloprepes

befitting a great man, magnificent

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Where it lives

2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
Ways and Means 2 · 5.23/10k
Hiero 3 · 5.03/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 3 · 4.32/10k
Menexenus 2 · 4.16/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 19 · 3.37/10k
Epinomis 2 · 3.17/10k
Agesilaus 2 · 2.72/10k
Machabaeorum II 3 · 2.6/10k
Hippias Minor 1 · 2.3/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Meno 2 · 2.04/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μεγᾰλο-πρεπής · megalo-prepēs — LSJ

befitting a great man, magnificent

befitting a great man, magnificent, δεῖπνον μ. Hdt. 5.18; δωρεὴν μεγαλοπρεπεστάτην Id. 6.122; κάλλιστον ἔργον καὶ μεγαλοπρεπέστατον Ar. Av. 1125; ταφή Pl. Mx. 234c; προαίρεσις Hyp. Epit. 40; πράξεις ib. 1 (Comp.); δόξα 2 Ep.Pet. 1.17, etc.

of persons, Pl. R. 487a, al., Arist. EN 1107b17; τὸ μ. X. Mem. 3.10.5; of a horse, Id. Eq. 10.1 (Comp.): Sup., as honorific title, PGrenf. 2.81 (a). 14 (v A. D.), etc.

of style, μ. λόγοι Pl. Smp. 210d; λέξις Arist. Rh.Al. 1441b12; μεθιστάναι ἐπὶ τὸ -έστερον ib. 1423b12.

Adv. -πέως, Att. -πῶς, Hdt. 6.128, X. An. 1.4.17, etc.: Comp. -έστερον Id. Vect. 6.1, Pl. Ly. 215e: Sup. -έστατα Hdt. 7.57.

In the wild

μεγαλοπρεπῶς · megaloprepōs Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 137)
μεγαλοπρεπής · megaloprepēs Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
μεγαλοπρεπής · megaloprepēs Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
μεγαλοπρεπὴς · megaloprepēs Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
μεγαλοπρεπεῖ · megaloprepei Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
μεγαλοπρεπὴς · megaloprepēs Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1107b (DIORISIS sentence 535)

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