1. μέγας · megas — Beekes
great, big, large
The corpus record
μέγας
megas
great, big, large
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Jonas 12 · 114.07/10k
- For Callias 3 · 107.91/10k
- Shield of Heracles 34 · 105.1/10k
- Olympic Oration 4 · 92.59/10k
- Theogony 63 · 91.48/10k
- Letter 1 5 · 85.62/10k
- Revelation 81 · 81.88/10k
- Letter 7 6 · 77.02/10k
- Letter 9 8 · 70.05/10k
- Evagoras 31 · 67.44/10k
- Against Ergocles 6 · 65.93/10k
- Aggaeus 6 · 65.93/10k
Densest 12 of 306 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μέγας · megas — Chantraine
μεγαίρω : I
3. Μέγας · Megas — Chantraine
tient une place importante dans l’onomastique : Μεγακλῆς (sur ce nom et l'expres
4. μέγας · megas — Frisk
groß
5. μέγας · megas — Frisk
viel
6. μέγᾰς · megas — LSJ
big, full-grown, elder
Attestations
- μέγα · mega Iliad 1.78
- μέγα · mega Iliad 1.103
- μέγʼ · megʼ Iliad 1.158
- μεῖζον · meizon Iliad 1.167
- μέγα · mega Iliad 1.194
- μέγα · mega Iliad 1.220
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 968-969; entry #3971
Review: Under source audit
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- scan pp. 691-692; entry #5134 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1161-1162; entry #3777 Review: Under source audit
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