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 • (megălomănḗs) m or f (neuter μεγᾰλομᾰνές); third declension
- very frantic
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | μεγᾰλομᾰνής megălomănḗs |
μεγᾰλομᾰνές megălomănés |
μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megălomăneî |
μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megălomăneî |
μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖς megălomăneîs |
μεγᾰλομᾰνῆ megălomănê | ||||||||
| Genitive | μεγᾰλομᾰνοῦς megălomănoûs |
μεγᾰλομᾰνοῦς megălomănoûs |
μεγᾰλομᾰνοῖν megălomănoîn |
μεγᾰλομᾰνοῖν megălomănoîn |
μεγᾰλομᾰνῶν megălomănôn |
μεγᾰλομᾰνῶν megălomănôn | ||||||||
| Dative | μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megălomăneî |
μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megălomăneî |
μεγᾰλομᾰνοῖν megălomănoîn |
μεγᾰλομᾰνοῖν megălomănoîn |
μεγᾰλομᾰνέσῐ / μεγᾰλομᾰνέσῐν megălomănésĭ(n) |
μεγᾰλομᾰνέσῐ / μεγᾰλομᾰνέσῐν megălomănésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | μεγᾰλομᾰνῆ megălomănê |
μεγᾰλομᾰνές megălomănés |
μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megălomăneî |
μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megălomăneî |
μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖς megălomăneîs |
μεγᾰλομᾰνῆ megălomănê | ||||||||
| Vocative | μεγᾰλομᾰνές megălomănés |
μεγᾰλομᾰνές megălomănés |
μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megălomăneî |
μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖ megălomăneî |
μεγᾰλομᾰνεῖς megălomăneîs |
μεγᾰλομᾰνῆ megălomănê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| μεγᾰλομᾰνῶς megălomănôs |
μεγᾰλομᾰνέστερος megălomănésteros |
μεγᾰλομᾰνέστᾰτος megălomănéstătos | ||||||||||||
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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