μεγακήτης
megaketes
yawning, with mighty hollows
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μεγακήτης, ες, (cf. κητώεις) A. 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.)
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