(adjective) : prae-grandis, e
* Very large, huge, colossal (ante-class. and post-Aug.).
* Lit.: praegrandi gradu, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. torvitas, p. 355 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 67 Rib.): arbores,Plin. 13, 25, 49, § 138: aures,id. 4, 13, 27, § 95; cf. oculi,id. 8, 33, 51, § 121: boves,id. 8, 45, 70, § 176: domus,id. 3, 16, 20, § 119: fel,id. 11, 37, 74, § 191: locusta,Suet. Tib. 60: lapides,Vulg. Ezech. 13, 11.
* Trop., very great, powerful: praegrandis senex,i. e. the great Aristophanes,Pers. 1, 124.

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