Μέγα

great, at length

Translated by Christopher Blackwell14 Jan 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 10 words

Meaning greatly.¹
Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "consider this at length."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μέγα· ἀντὶ τοῦ μεγάλως. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· τοῦτο μέγα φροντίζετε.

Betacode

*me/ga: a)nti\ tou= mega/lws. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: tou=to me/ga fronti/zete.

Notes (2)

1From the scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.111, where mega is used in this adverbial fashion; and similarly in other lexica, including Hesychius mu435. ↩
2The quotation is one version of Aristophanes, Clouds 215 (web address 1). Modern editors (e.g. Dover) have preferred the alternative tou=to metafronti/zete. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

μ349Μεγάgreat[Meaning] much.. "And they, fearing greatly at this, proclaim his danger to the whole army." Also Aelian [writes]: "when a short time had passed, he was convicted of having done much evil; then indeed, in the plain…

Neighbouring entries

μ346ΜαῖραMaira, Maera μ347Μεσσαύλιοςof the courtyard μ348Μέγαgreat, at length μ349Μεγάgreat μ350ΜεγάβυζοςMegabyzos, Megabyzus

Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Jul 2020

22 Jul 2020tweaked link — Catharine Roth
13 Sep 2013tweaked note and link — Catharine Roth
12 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
24 May 2001modified headword, translation, notes; added keyword — David Whitehead
14 Jan 2000Translated — Christopher Blackwell