(adjective) : Mĕgălē, ēs, f., = Μεγάλη (the great, exalted)
* A surname of the Magna Mater, Calend. Verrii Fl. in Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 389; v.the foll.
* Derivv.
* Mĕgă-lensis (Mĕgălēsis), e
* Of or belonging to the Magna Mater (only postAug.): ludorum Megalesium spectaculum,Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.: ludis Megalensibus,Gell. 2, 24, 1: Megalensibus sacris,Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123.
* Mĕgălēsĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Megalesia, Megalesian: mappae,Juv. 11, 191; Schol. Juv. ib.