fiejaXoepjia 



420 



/ieyto-Tave? 



• 



tempting) great objects, fieyoKon npayfiacriv «jri|3ovX€V(a. 



PoLYB. 15, 37, 1. DioD. 1, 19. 2, 7, p. 120, 98. 

 ficyaXoepyia., as, rj, (EPrO) magnijicence, ntyaKovpyia. 

 PoLYB. 31, 3, 1. 



lieya\6(rjKos, ov, of coarse texture?? Porph. Cer. 469, 



5 Ko\6i3ta ij.eyah6^r]\a ck Tav kot olkovs. (See also 

 XfTTTofijXa, ^fcrofi/Xu.) 



fifyaXoKicpaXot, ov, (pfyas, K«j)a\ri) large-headed. The- 

 OPH. CoNT. G56, 21. (See also Ke<pd\as.) 



fjifyaKofiapTvs, vpos, o, r/, (paprvs) great martyr, a <li.«tin- 

 guished martyr, as Saint George and Saint Cath- 

 erine. Nectar. 1829 C. Simoc. 231, 17. Porph. 

 Cer. 581, 21. 



piyoKonoKis, eas, f), the great city, applied to Rome, 

 Alexandria, Autiocli, Thessalonica, and especially to 

 Constantinople. SocR. 2, 43, p. 159, 34. 



fieyiiKo-nptTreia, as, rj, inagnijicence, as a title. Ephes. 



1120 E 'H vpiTipa iiiyaXorrptireia. TheOD. Ill, 



934 D. IV, 187. Chal. 1537 C. 

 neyaXoTTpcTTTjs, f'r, magnijicent. Superlative fuyaXonpe- 



neararos, as a title. Cyrill. Alex. Epist. 85 D. 



Theod. IV, 187. Novell. 13, 3. Chron. 519, 



11, applied to martyrs ! 

 p.eya\oppr]povfa>, rjaut, {peyaXoppripav) to he a boaster, to 



boast. Sept. Judith. 6, 17 "Oca epfyaXoppjifionTjirev 



'O\o<f>epvr]s fis Tov oiKoi/ 'l(rpar]\. 

 pcyaXopprjpoo-ivTi, rjs, ^, arrogant talking, hoastfulness. 



Sept. 1 Reg. 2, 3. Polyb. 39, 3, 1. 

 peyaXoppnpav, ov, {pnpa) talking big, boastful. Sept. 



Ps. 11, 3 rXaxTcrav pfya'Xopprjpnva. 

 ueyaKotTxni^"'' ""' °' ("'XVM'') " monk who wears the great 

 habit (to piya axw<^) ^o called. He is supposed to 

 be a person of extraordinary sanctity. Typic. 70, 

 p. 257. Noil. CoTELER. 147. Eukhol. (See 



also crxw"-) 

 peyaKos, rj, ov, — peyas. ApocR. Nicod. Euangel, I, B, 



4 3 ij.(ya\i>repos. Mai'tyr. Barthol. 8 peyaXarepos. 



TheOPH. 479, 9 Eis ptyaKov kIvSwov ^Xdov. LeO. 



11, 16 ptyaXorepos. 12, 62 -aiTfpos. 

 p(ya'Ko(Tivi] = pfyaXatrivr). MaRTYR. PoLYC. 20. 21. 



Method. 52 A. 

 ^leyaXo^uqs, is, {<jiia>) of noble nature. Polyb. 12, 23, 5. 



pfya\vvapi,ov, ov, to, (pfyaXiivo)) in the RiTUAL, a short 

 troparion sung immediately before the regular tro- 

 parion of the ninth ode of a Kai/tl». The name was 

 suggested by pfydKivei, the first word of the Magnifi- 

 cat (see ahi) 1), or rather by peyiAwov, the first word 



of many of the peyaXwapm. 



The feasts which ha\e ptyaKwapia are the follow- 

 ing ; Ta £t(7odm, ^ ViVVTJ(7LS TOV Xpi(TTOV, Tj UcpiTOpT]. 6 



ayws BaaiXdoc 6 piyas, ra BfO(j)dvia {^Epiphany), ij 

 *\77a7TavTri. to TiaiT\a, tj * AvaXrjyjris, and 17 Koiprjats Tijs 



BeoToKov. [The pfyaXvvapia are usually printed near 



the end of the 'Ayia(rpaTaptov.^ 

 pfyaXapa, aros, TO, {as if froia peydXoio) greatness. Sept. 



Jer. 31 (48), 17 Pd;3Sor peyaXtiipaTos, strong staff". 

 peyaXwavvrj, ijr, v> (pfyaXos) greatness. Sept. Deut. 



32, 3 AoT€ peyaXacriiniv t^ dea (jpaiv. Magnify our 



God. 



*ptyas, peyaXr), piya, great, large. MeydXi; fjpepa. Great 

 day, applied to festivals. Porph. Cer. 520, 18. 



Particularly, 'H pfydXij rjpepa, Tlie Great Day, the 

 Passover of the Jews, or the Easter of the Christians. 

 NT. Joan. 19, 31. Apocr. Proteuangel. 1, 2. Eus. 

 7, 30, p. 362 T7 peyaXr) tov ira^xa rjpfpq, of the Chris- 

 tians. Anc. 6. Epiph. I, 1105 D. Proo. I, 472, 8. 



'H piyoKr] iopTrj, The great festival, that is, Easter. 

 Eus. 2, 17, p. 69, 36. 



As a title, it was sometimes given to bishops. Nic. 

 II, 880 D KCpi o piyas. My lord the bishop. TheopH. 

 216, 13 Ac ev\al aov, i> piya, tovs (j)tXovs <rov ^(r/3o- 

 Xdifjav. 



2. Old, comparatively ; opposed to piKpos. Od. 2, 

 Ali, full grown, of age. Sept. Gen. 2.5, 23. 38, 11. 

 Basil. II, 174 C. Apophth. Poemen. 108 Md^av 

 To'is fTea-iv, Major natu. Mal. 353, 22. Chron. 

 576, 19 Mfy.if TTjv ijXiKiav. PoRPH. Cer. 68, 22. 



Adm. 158, 14 'Atto piKpov las peydXov. 

 piyedos, eof, to, greatness, majesty, peyaXfiorqs, as a title. 



Apocr. Nicod. Euangel I, A, 1,2 'A^iovpev to vpi- 



Tipnv ptyedos, We beseech your Greatness (yoiir Ma- 

 jesty), 

 piyiardpfs, av, ol, magnates, grandees, ol piya Sura- 



nevoi. Sept. Esai. 34, 12. 1 Esdr. 1, 36. NT. 



