μεγάλος in Ancient Greek

IPA: /me.ɡá.los/, /meˈɣa.los/, /meˈɣa.los/, /me.ɡá.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /meˈɡa.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /meˈɣa.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /meˈɣa.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /meˈɣa.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: megálos [romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *megalos, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”), *meǵh₂los. Cognate with Albanian madh (“large”), Latin magnus (“large, great”), Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“large, great”). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*megalos}} Proto-Hellenic *megalos, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*méǵh₂s||big, great}} Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”), {{m|ine-pro|*meǵh₂los}} *meǵh₂los, {{cog|sq|madh||large}} Albanian madh (“large”), {{cog|la|magnus||large, great}} Latin magnus (“large, great”), {{cog|gem-pro|*mikilaz||large, great}} Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“large, great”) Head templates: {{head|grc|adjective form}} μεγάλος • (megálos)

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"μεγάλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

Adjective