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[[puffed up]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σεμνός]], [[ὑψηλός]], [[prose|P.]] [[ὑπερήφανος]], [[μεγαλόφρων]], [[ὀγκώδης]], [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπέρφρων]], [[σεμνόστομος]], [[ὑψηλόφρων]] (also [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]). [[ὑψήγορος]], [[ὑπέρκοπος]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[χαῦνος]] ([[Plato]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γαῦρος]].

[[be vain]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φρονεῖν μέγα]], [[verse|V.]] [[πνεῖν μεγάλα]], [[ἐξογκοῦσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀγκοῦσθαι]] (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[ὀγκύλλεσθαι]]; see [[be proud]], under [[proud]].

[[make vain]]: see [[puff up]].

[[useless]], [[ineffectual]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κενός]], [[μάταιος]], [[ἀνωφελής]], [[ἀνήνυτος]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνωφέλητος]] (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[prose|P.]] [[ἄπρακτος]].

[[in vain]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μάτην]], [[ἄλλως]], [[διὰ κενῆς]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Troades]]'' 753), [[verse|V.]] [[ματαίως]], [[ἐν κενοῖς]] ([[Sophocles]] ''[[Ajax]]'' 971), [[ἄκραντα]].

[[this is all in vain]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τοῦτ' ἀνηνύτως ἔχει]] ([[Sophocles]], ''Fragment'').

[[be in vain]], v.: [[verse|V.]] [[ματᾶν]].
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