μεγαλομανής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέγας (mégas, “big, large”) + μαίνομαι (maínomai, “to be mad, angry”) + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.ɡa.lo.ma.nɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.ɡa.lo.maˈne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.ɣa.lo.maˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.ɣa.lo.maˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.ɣa.lo.maˈnis/
Adjective
μεγᾰλομᾰνής • (megalomanḗs) m or f (neuter μεγᾰλομᾰνές); third declension
- very frantic
Declension
Third declension of μεγᾰλομᾰνής; μεγᾰλομᾰνές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | μεγᾰλομᾰνής megalomanḗs | μεγᾰλομᾰνές megalomanés | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megalomaneî | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megalomaneî | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖς megalomaneîs | μεγᾰλομᾰνῆ megalomanê | ||||||||
Genitive | μεγᾰλομᾰνοῦς megalomanoûs | μεγᾰλομᾰνοῦς megalomanoûs | μεγᾰλομᾰνοῖν megalomanoîn | μεγᾰλομᾰνοῖν megalomanoîn | μεγᾰλομᾰνῶν megalomanôn | μεγᾰλομᾰνῶν megalomanôn | ||||||||
Dative | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megalomaneî | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megalomaneî | μεγᾰλομᾰνοῖν megalomanoîn | μεγᾰλομᾰνοῖν megalomanoîn | μεγᾰλομᾰνέσῐ / μεγᾰλομᾰνέσῐν megalomanési(n) | μεγᾰλομᾰνέσῐ / μεγᾰλομᾰνέσῐν megalomanési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | μεγᾰλομᾰνῆ megalomanê | μεγᾰλομᾰνές megalomanés | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megalomaneî | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megalomaneî | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖς megalomaneîs | μεγᾰλομᾰνῆ megalomanê | ||||||||
Vocative | μεγᾰλομᾰνές megalomanés | μεγᾰλομᾰνές megalomanés | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megalomaneî | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megalomaneî | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖς megalomaneîs | μεγᾰλομᾰνῆ megalomanê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μεγᾰλομᾰνῶς megalomanôs | μεγᾰλομᾰνέστερος megalomanésteros | μεγᾰλομᾰνέστᾰτος megalomanéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μεγαλομανής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μεγαλομανής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette