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ὑψικόμπως

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Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσωGive me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.

Archimedes

French (Bailly abrégé)

adv.
avec un excès d'orgueil.
Étymologie: ὑψίκομπος.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ὑψικόμπως: высокомерно, кичливо (ὑ. κἀφρόνως ἀμείβεσθαι Soph.).

English (Woodhouse)

(see also: ὑψίκομπος) haughtily, proudly

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German (Pape)

adv., hochprahlerisch, ὑψ. κἀφρόνως ἠμείψατο Soph. Aj. 753.