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The corpus record

μεγήρῐτος

megeritos

much contended for

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What it meant

μεγήρῐτος · megēritos — LSJ

much contended for, passing lovely

much contended for, μ. τέκνα θεάων Hes. Th. 240 (with v.l. μεγήρᾰτα, (ἐρατός) passing lovely, which is prob. l. in Pancrat. Oxy. 1085.9).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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