Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπερήφανος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπερήφανος ὑπερήφανον

Structure: ὑπερηφαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: prob. for u(perfanh/s, h being inserted.

Sense

  1. overweening, arrogant, haughty, haughtily, prodigally
  2. magnificent, splendid

Examples

  • ἐν τοῖσ χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ καταληφθήσεται ἁμαρτωλόσ, καὶ λοίδοροσ καὶ ὑπερήφανοσ σκανδαλισθήσονται ἐν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 23:8)
  • Ἀνὴρ βουλῆσ οὐ μὴ παρίδῃ διανόημα, ἀλλότριοσ καὶ ὑπερήφανοσ οὐ καταπτήξει φόβον, καὶ μετὰ τὸ ποιῆσαι μετ̓ αὐτοῦ ἄνευ βουλῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 32:18)
  • ἐξέλιπεν ἄνομοσ, καὶ ἀπώλετο ὑπερήφανοσ, καὶ ἐξωλοθρεύθησαν οἱ ἀνομοῦντεσ ἐπὶ κακίᾳ, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 29:20)
  • Τελευτήσαντοσ δὲ Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέωσ διαδέχεται τὴν ἀρχὴν ὁ υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ Ἀντίοχοσ Ἐπιφανήσ, ἀνὴρ ὑπερήφανοσ καὶ δεινόσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 4:15)
  • καὶ γὰρ ὑπερήφανοσ καὶ αὐθάδησ καὶ ὅλωσ ὑφ’ ἑτέρου ὁ θυμὸσ δυσκίνητοσ ὢν, ὥσπερ ὀχυρὰ τυραννὶσ ἐξ ἑαυτῆσ ἔχειν ὀφείλει σύνοικον καὶ συγγενὲσ τὸ καταλῦον. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 2 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. overweening

  2. magnificent

Related

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

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