Μεγαλωστί

greatly, vastly

Translated by Catharine Roth1 May 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 28 words

[Meaning] entirely.¹
Arrian [writes]: "[he] sought to praise the trustworthiness and the justice of Alexander vastly, especially citing himself among the prime [examples] as confirmation of his statement."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μεγαλωστί· πάνυ. Ἀρριανός· τὴν πίστιν καὶ τὴν δικαιότητα μεγαλωστὶ ἐπῄνει τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου, τά τε ἄλλα καὶ τὸ αὑτοῦ ἐν πρώτοις ἐς βεβαίωσιν τοῦ λόγου προφέρων.

Betacode

*megalwsti/: pa/nu. *)arriano/s: th\n pi/stin kai\ th\n dikaio/thta megalwsti\ e)ph/|nei tou= *)aleca/ndrou, ta/ te a)/lla kai\ to\ au(tou= e)n prw/tois e)s bebai/wsin tou= lo/gou profe/rwn.

Notes (2)

1For the headword see already mu 374. ↩
2Oxyartes to Chorienes in Arrian, Anabasis 4.21.7 (with 'of the king' rather than Alexander's name). ↩

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μ374Μεγαλωστίgreatly, vastly[megalwsti/ means the same as] mega/lws. "But when he took Ephesus, he was vastly delighted at this."

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μ373Μεγαλώνυμονhaving a great name μ374Μεγαλωστίgreatly, vastly μ375Μεγαλωστίgreatly, vastly μ376Μεγαλωσύνηgreatness μ377ΜεγαλύνωI exalt, I magnify

Revision history2 revisions · last 13 May 2013

13 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
3 May 2009tweaked tr; augmented n.2; cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 May 2009Translated — Catharine Roth

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (2)

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