Μεγαλεῖον μύρον
Megaleian perfume
Translated by David Whitehead13 Dec 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Named] after the man who discovered how to prepare it, Megalos of Sicily.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεγαλεῖον μύρον· ἀπὸ τοῦ εὑρομένου τὴν κατασκευὴν αὐτοῦ Μεγάλου Σικελιώτου.
Betacode
*megalei=on mu/ron: a)po\ tou= eu(rome/nou th\n kataskeuh\n au)tou= *mega/lou *sikeliw/tou.
Notes
- cf. Etymologicum Magnum 574.47-48. But in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.690F (15.42 Kaibel) and elsewhere, the name is Megallos and his invention, accordingly, Megalleion: see LSJ s.v. (There was also a dispute about whether he was a Sicilian or an Athenian.)
Linked from4 entries
- μ357Μεγαλεῖαmagnificent [things][Meaning] lofty [ones], great [ones]. "What magnificent things you have done for me, o God."
- μ359Μεγαλεῖονmagnificence"He [sc. Aelian] had been amazed by the great intelligence of him and moreover by the [sc. magnificence and] worth of the [= his] meters."
- μ360Μεγαλεῖονmagnificent, splendid[Meaning something] greatly-befitting. "But those among the Ligurians carrying on the war with Mago were not at all inclined to accomplish something complete and splendid."
- μ361Μεγαλείωςgreatly[Meaning] altogether. "The Romans were greatly delighted and reckoned [this] a very large sign of the arrogance of the Carthaginians."
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