Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μεγαλαυχία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεγαλαυχία

Structure: μεγαλαυχι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from mega/lauxos

Sense

  1. great boasting, arrogance

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τούτου δὲ τοῦ οἴκου τὸ κάλλοσ οὐ κατὰ βαρβαρικούσ τινασ ὀφθαλμοὺσ οὐδὲ κατὰ Περσικὴν ἀλαζονείαν ἢ βασιλικὴν μεγαλαυχίαν οὐδὲ πένητοσ μόνον, ἀλλὰ εὐφυοῦσ θεατοῦ δεόμενον καὶ ὅτῳ μὴ ἐν τῇ ὄψει ἡ κρίσισ, ἀλλά τισ καὶ λογισμὸσ ἐπακολουθεῖ τοῖσ βλεπομένοισ Τὸ γὰρ τῆσ τε ἡμέρασ πρὸσ τὸ κάλλιστον ἀποβλέπειν ‐ κάλλιστον δὴ αὐτῆσ καὶ ποθεινότατον ἡ ἀρχὴ ‐ καὶ τὸν ἥλιον ὑπερκύψαντα εὐθὺσ ὑποδέχεσθαι καὶ τοῦ φωτὸσ ἐμπίπλασθαι ἐσ κόρον ἀναπεπταμένων τῶν θυρῶν [καθ’ ὃ καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ βλέποντα ἐποίουν οἱ παλαιοί],2 καὶ τὸ τοῦ μήκουσ πρὸσ τὸ πλάτοσ καὶ ἀμφοῖν πρὸσ τὸ ὕψοσ εὔρυθμον καὶ τῶν φωταγωγῶν τὸ ἐλεύθερον καὶ πρὸσ ὡρ́αν ἑκάστην εὖ ἔχον, πῶσ οὐχ ἡδέα ταῦτα πάντα καὶ ἐπαίνων ἄξια; (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 6:1)
  • δὲ παρ’ ἀξίαν καὶ προπηλακισθεὶσ ἐφίησι τὴν μεγαλαυχίαν τῇ ὀργῇ· (Plutarch, De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando, section 6 2:1)
  • δεύτερον αἱ τῶν εὐτυχῶσ καὶ κατὰ νοῦν πεπραγμένων διηγήσεισ λανθάνουσι πολλοὺσ εἰσ μεγαλαυχίαν ὑπὸ χαρᾶσ ἐκφέρουσαι καὶ κόμπον· (Plutarch, De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando, section 191)
  • οὐδὲν δ’ ἕτερον εἶχεν ἢ ἐπαίνουσ τῶν γεννικῶσ ζησάντων καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆσ Σπάρτησ ἀποθανόντων καὶ εὐδαιμονιζομένων, καὶ ψόγουσ τῶν τρεσάντων ὡσ ἀλγεινὸν καὶ κακοδαίμονα βιούντων βίον ἐπαγγελίαν τε καὶ μεγαλαυχίαν πρὸσ ἀρετὴν πρέπουσαν ταῖσ ἡλικίαισ. (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 14 1:3)
  • ὁ μὲν οὖν Φιλώτασ ἐπιβουλευόμενοσ οὕτωσ ἠγνόει, καὶ συνῆν τῇ Ἀντιγόνῃ πολλὰ καὶ πρὸσ ὀργὴν καὶ μεγαλαυχίαν ῥήματα καὶ λόγουσ κατὰ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἀνεπιτηδείουσ προϊέμενοσ. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 49 1:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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