The corpus record

ὀγκ-ηρός

ogkeros

bulky, swollen

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Where it lives

Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

ὀγκ-ηρός · onk-ēros — LSJ

bulky, swollen

bulky, swollen, ὀστέα Hp. Fract. 24 (Comp.) ; ὀ, εἰς τὸ ἄνω Id. Art. 13 (Comp.).

II stately, pompous, bombast

metaph., stately, pompous, ὄνομα Demetr. Eloc. 176 ; τῆς βασιλείας ὀγκηρότερον διάγειν X. HG 3.4.8 ; ἐν τραγῳδίᾳ, πράγματι ὀγκηρῷ φύσει Longin. 3.1 ; τὸ ὀ. bombast, Arist. EN 1127b24 : irreg. Comp. ὀγκότερος (formed from ὄγκος) Id. Pr. 966a2 : Sup. ὀγκότατος AP 12.187 (Strat.).

In the wild

ὀγκηρόν · onkēron Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1127b (DIORISIS sentence 1461)
ὀγκηρότερον · onkēroteron Xenophon, Hellenica 3.4.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1083)

Where it came from

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