megiston

Venedai and says they are "the greatest nation" (megiston ethnos).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

* houtos [ho christos] en tē kardia tēs gēs, en chōmati krubeis kai triēmerō megiston dendron gennētheis exeteine tous heautou kladous eis ta perata tēs gēs. ek toutou prokupsantes hoi ib 'apostoloi, kladoi hōraioi, kai euthaleis genēthentes skepē engenēthēsan tois ethnesin, hōs peteinois ouranou, huph' hōn kladōn skepasthentes hoi pantes, hōs ornea hupo kalian sunelthonta metelabon tēs ex autōn proerchomenēs edōdimou kai epouranion trophēs: [1334] 1

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

Before reaching that organ they divided up into minute channels, the _rete mirabile_ (πλεγμα μεγιστον θαυμα {plegma megiston thauma}), and passing into the brain became converted by the action of that organ into a yet higher type of spirits, the _animal spirits_ (πνευμα ψυχικον

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