Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ὑπέραυχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέραυχος ὑπέραυχον

Structure: ὑπεραυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: au)xh/

Sense

  1. over-boastful, overproud

Examples

  • μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλασ πληγὰσ τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντεσ γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode, anapests3)
  • τῶν γοῦν ὑπεραύχων καταφρονῶν τῶν μετρίων ταπεινότεροσ ἦν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 11 12:2)

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

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