μεγαλομανής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέγας (mégas, “big, large”) +‎ μαίνομαι (maínomai, “to be mad, angry”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.lo.ma.nɛ̌ːs/ → /me.ɣa.lo.maˈnis/ → /me.ɣa.lo.maˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.lo.ma.nɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.lo.maˈne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.ɣa.lo.maˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.ɣa.lo.maˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.ɣa.lo.maˈnis/

Adjective

μεγᾰλομᾰνής • (megalomanḗs) m or f (neuter μεγᾰλομᾰνές); third declension

1. very frantic

Declension

Third declension of μεγᾰλομᾰνής; μεγᾰλομᾰνές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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