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|strgr=from a [[compound]] of [[μέγας]] and aucheo (to [[boast]]; [[akin]] to [[αὐξάνω]] and [[καυχάομαι]]); to [[talk]] [[big]], i.e. be [[grandiloquent]] ([[arrogant]], egotistic): [[boast]] [[great]] things. | |strgr=from a [[compound]] of [[μέγας]] and aucheo (to [[boast]]; [[akin]] to [[αὐξάνω]] and [[καυχάομαι]]); to [[talk]] [[big]], i.e. be [[grandiloquent]] ([[arrogant]], egotistic): [[boast]] [[great]] things. | ||
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|txtha=μεγαλαύχω; ([[μεγάλαυχος]], and [[this]] from [[μεγάλα]] and [[αὐχέω]]); to be [[grandiloquent]]; to [[boast]] [[great]] things, to [[bear]] [[oneself]] [[loftily]] in [[speech]] or [[action]]: ἡ [[γλῶσσα]] μεγάλαυχεῖ (L T Tr WH [[μεγάλα]] αὐχεῖ), [[Aeschylus]] Ag. 1528; [[Polybius]] 12,13, 10; 8,23, 11; Diodorus 15,16, others; [[middle]] γυναῖκα [[πρός]] Θεούς ἐριζουσαν καί μεγαλαυχουμενην, [[Plato]], rep. 3, p. 395d.; for גָּבָה, to exalt [[oneself]], [[carry]] [[oneself]] [[haughtily]], Sirach 48:18.) | |||
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Revision as of 18:11, 28 August 2017
English (LSJ)
A boast, brag, A.Ag.1528 (anap.), LXX Ez.16.50, Ph. 1.284, AP5.272 (Agath.); ἐπί τινι Plb.12.13.10; ἐν ταῖς εὐπραγίαις Id.8.21.11; διά τι D.S.15.16:—also in Med., Pl.Alc.1.104c, R.395d; ἐπί τινι App.BC1.13. II c.acc., boast of, μονομάχιον Id.Gall. 10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 105] großprahlen, sich rühmen; μηδὲν ἐν Αιδου μεγαλαυχείτω, Aesch. Ag. 1509; κατά τινος, Agath. 13 (V, 273); auch in Prosa, Pol. 8, 23, 11; ἐπί τινι, σεμνύνεσθαι καὶ μ., 15, 23, 5; – geläufiger im med., Plat. Rep. III, 395 d Alc. I, 104 c.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μεγᾰλαυχέω: καυχῶμαι μεγάλως, ὁμιλῶ κομπορρημόνως, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1528, Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 273· - τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν μέσ. τύπῳ, καυχῶμαι, Πλάτ. Ἀλκ. 1. 104C, Πολ. 395D· ἐπί τινι, ἔν τινι Πολύβ. 12. 13, 10, κτλ.· διά τι Διόδ. 15. 16· - ῥημ. ἐπίθ. -ητέον, Φίλων 2. 217.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
être orgueilleux, se vanter.
Étymologie: μεγάλαυχος.
English (Strong)
from a compound of μέγας and aucheo (to boast; akin to αὐξάνω and καυχάομαι); to talk big, i.e. be grandiloquent (arrogant, egotistic): boast great things.
English (Thayer)
μεγαλαύχω; (μεγάλαυχος, and this from μεγάλα and αὐχέω); to be grandiloquent; to boast great things, to bear oneself loftily in speech or action: ἡ γλῶσσα μεγάλαυχεῖ (L T Tr WH μεγάλα αὐχεῖ), Aeschylus Ag. 1528; Polybius 12,13, 10; 8,23, 11; Diodorus 15,16, others; middle γυναῖκα πρός Θεούς ἐριζουσαν καί μεγαλαυχουμενην, Plato, rep. 3, p. 395d.; for גָּבָה, to exalt oneself, carry oneself haughtily, Sirach 48:18.)
