Megalesian
English
Etymology
Latin Megalesius, from Ancient Greek word for "the Great", a surname of Cybele, the Magna Mater.
Adjective
Megalesian (not comparable)
- Pertaining to, or in honour of, Cybele.
- the Megalesian games at Rome
Synonyms
- Cybelean
Translations
pertaining to, or in honour of, Cybele
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Megalesian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)