crowning
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
final, ultimate: P. and V. τελευταῖος.
the crowning act: P. τὸ κεφαλαῖον.
when I see the crowning insolence of all: V. ὅταν… ἴδω… τούτων τὴν τελευταῖαν ὕβριν (Sophocles, Electra 271).
