μεγαλόψυχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μέγας (mégas, “large”) + ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “spirit”).
Adjective
μεγᾰλόψῡχος • (megalópsūkhos) m or f (neuter μεγᾰλόψῡχον); second declension
- magnanimous, generous
Declension
Second declension of μεγᾰλόψῡχος; μεγᾰλόψῡχον (Attic)
Number | 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
- Latin: magnanimus (calque)
Further reading
- 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