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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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P. [[μεγαλαυχία]], ἡ, V. τὸ γαῦρον; see [[boast]], [[boastfulness]].
P. [[μεγαλαυχία]], ἡ, V. τὸ γαῦρον; see [[boast]], [[boastfulness]].


<b class="b2">Braggart</b>, subs. Ar. .and P. ἀλαζών, ὁ or ἡ. V. [[κομπός]], ὁ (Eur., ''Phoen.'' 600).
<b class="b2">Braggart</b>, subs. Ar. .and P. [[ἀλαζών]], ὁ or ἡ. V. [[κομπός]], ὁ (Eur., ''Phoen.'' 600).
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v. intrans.

P. and V. μέγα λέγειν, μέγα εἰπεῖν, P. μεγαλαυχεῖσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀλαζονεύεσθαι, V. αὐχεῖν (also Thuc. but rare P.), ἐξαυχεῖν, εὔχεσθαι, ἐξεύχεσθαι, ἐξεπεύχεσθαι, ἐπεύχεσθαι (also Plat. but rare P.), κομπεῖν (rare P.), κομπάζειν (rare P.); see boast.

Brag of: see boast of.

subs.

P. μεγαλαυχία, ἡ, V. τὸ γαῦρον; see boast, boastfulness.

Braggart, subs. Ar. .and P. ἀλαζών, ὁ or ἡ. V. κομπός, ὁ (Eur., Phoen. 600).