μεγαλόψυχος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom μέγας (mégas, “large”) + ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “spirit”).
Adjective
editμεγᾰλόψῡχος • (megalópsūkhos) m or f (neuter μεγᾰλόψῡχον); second declension
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | μεγᾰλόψῡχος megalópsūkhos |
μεγᾰλόψῡχον megalópsūkhon |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χω megalopsū́khō |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χω megalopsū́khō |
μεγᾰλόψῡχοι megalópsūkhoi |
μεγᾰλόψῡχᾰ megalópsūkha | ||||||||
Genitive | μεγᾰλοψῡ́χου megalopsū́khou |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χου megalopsū́khou |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χοιν megalopsū́khoin |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χοιν megalopsū́khoin |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χων megalopsū́khōn |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χων megalopsū́khōn | ||||||||
Dative | μεγᾰλοψῡ́χῳ megalopsū́khōi |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χῳ megalopsū́khōi |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χοιν megalopsū́khoin |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χοιν megalopsū́khoin |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χοις megalopsū́khois |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χοις megalopsū́khois | ||||||||
Accusative | μεγᾰλόψῡχον megalópsūkhon |
μεγᾰλόψῡχον megalópsūkhon |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χω megalopsū́khō |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χω megalopsū́khō |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χους megalopsū́khous |
μεγᾰλόψῡχᾰ megalópsūkha | ||||||||
Vocative | μεγᾰλόψῡχε megalópsūkhe |
μεγᾰλόψῡχον megalópsūkhon |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χω megalopsū́khō |
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χω megalopsū́khō |
μεγᾰλόψῡχοι megalópsūkhoi |
μεγᾰλόψῡχᾰ megalópsūkha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μεγᾰλοψῡ́χως megalopsū́khōs |
μεγᾰλοψῡχότερος megalopsūkhóteros |
μεγᾰλοψῡχότᾰτος megalopsūkhótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- Latin: magnanimus (calque)
Further reading
edit- “μεγαλόψυχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μεγαλόψυχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers