brag
From LSJ
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
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).
