boast
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. αὔχηαα, τό (Thuc.), P. and V. κόμπος, ὁ (Thuc.), Ar. and V. κομπάσματα, τά, V. γαύρωμα, τό.
the boast of (concretely of persons or things): P. and V. σχῆμα, τό, V. πρόσχημα, τό, ἄγαλμα, τό, αὔχημα, τό (Euripides, Phoenissae 1131).
verb intransitive
P. and V. μέγα λέγειν, μέγα εἰπειν, Ar. and P. ἀλαζονεύεσθαι, P. μεγαλαυχεῖσθαι, ἐπικομπεῖν (Thuc.), Ar. and V. εὔχεσθαι, V. ἐξεύχεσθαι, ἐπεύχεσθαι (also Plato but rare P.), ἐξεπεύχεσθαι, αὐχεῖν (also Thuc. but rare P.), ἐξαυχεῖν, κομπεῖν (rare P.), κομπάζειν (rare P.), ἐκκομπάζειν, φλύειν (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 504).
boast of: P. and V. ἀγάλλεσθαι (dat.), ἁβρύνεσθαι (dat.), P. ἐπικομπεῖν (acc.) (Thuc.), V. κομπεῖν (acc.) (rare P.), κομπάζειν (acc.) (rare P.), ἐξεύχεσθαι (acc.), γαυροῦσθαι (dat.), Ar. and V. ἐπαυχεῖν (dat.).
