Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μέζων ‎(mézōn) Ionic, Aeolic, Doric, Arcadocypriot

Adjective

μείζων • ‎(meízōn) m, f ‎(neuter μεῖζον); third declension (Attic)

1. comparative degree of μέγας ‎(mégas)
   1. greater, larger, longer, taller, older
   2. too great
2. (neuter accusative singular, μεῖζον, as adverb) more
3. (substantive) elder, leader of a village

Inflection

References

• μείζων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μείζων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «μείζων» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• μείζων in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G3187”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• «μείζων» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Adjective

μείζων • ‎(meízon) m ‎(feminine μείζων, neuter μείζον)

1. major, greater, more important

   μείζων καταθλιπτική διαταραχή (major depressive disorder)

2. (music) major (key signature, scale, chord or interval)

   μείζων κλίμακα (major key)

   μείζων συγχορδία (major chord)

Declension

Synonyms

• (music): ματζόρε n ‎(matzóre)

Antonyms

• ελάσσων ‎(elásson, “minor”)