μέγεθος
Alt. μέγεθος, ionicμέγαθος, εος,
Etym. μέγας
I. "greatness, magnitude, size, height, stature", Hom., Hdt., etc.:—of sound, "loudness", βοῆς μ. Thuc.:—dat. and acc. are used adverbially, μεγάθεϊ μέγας great "in size", Hdt.; μεγάθεϊ μικρός id=Hdt.; so, ποταμοὶ οὐ κατὰ τὸν Νεῖλον ἐόντες μεγάθεα rivers not bearing any proportion to the Nile "in size", id=Hdt.
II. of Degree, "greatness, magnitude", Eur., Thuc., etc.
2. "greatness", i. e. "might, power", Eur., Xen.
3. "greatness, magnanimity", Plut.