brag
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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).
