μεγακήτης

μεγᾰ-κήτης, ες, (cf. κητώεις)

• yawning, with mighty hollows, μεγακήτεα πόντον Od. 3.158; with mighty maw, δελφίς Il. 21.22; capacious, νηῦς 8.222, 11.5, 600. (Also expld. as derived from κῆτος, μ. πόντος teeming with monsters, μ. νηῦς with a monster as figurehead.)

μεγακήτης, ες, ungeheuer groß ; δελφίν, Il. 21.22, vgl. κῆτος, auch πόντος, Od. 3.158, wo es Einige erkl. = große Ungeheuer in seinen Tiefen habend ; νηῦς, Il. 8.222, 11.5, 600, von gewaltiger Höhlung, sehr geräumig. Vgl. noch κητώεις.

μεγακήτης

[μέγας + κῆτος.]

Epithet of the sea, with mighty deeps Od. 3.158.

Epithet of ships, with mighty hollow, capacious Il. 8.222= Il. 11.5, Il. 11.600.

Epithet of the dolphin, with mighty maw Il. 21.22.

μεγακήτης , ες (κῆτος): with great gulf or hollow; δελφίν, ‘voracious,’ Il. 21.22; νηῦς, ‘wide-bellied,’ Il. 8.222; πόντος, ‘wide-yawning,’ Od. 3.158.

μεγακήτης μεγᾰ-κήτης, ες κῆτος II

• with great hollows, cavernous, of the sea, Od. (cf. βαθυκήτης) : of a ship, with large hull, Il.; of a dolphin, with huge maw, Il.