brag

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verb intransitive

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 Plato but rare P.), κομπεῖν (rare P.), κομπάζειν (rare P.), περπερεύομαι; see boast.

brag of: see boast of.

substantive

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

braggart, subs. Ar. .and P. ἀλαζών, ὁ or ἡ. V. κομπός, ὁ (Euripides, Phoenissae 600).