boast
Βέλτιστε, μὴ τὸ κέρδος ἐν πᾶσι σκόπει → Amice, ubique lucra sectari cave → Mein bester Freund, sieh nicht in allem auf Profit
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. αὔχηαα, τό (Thuc.), P. and V. κόμπος, ὁ (Thuc.), Ar. and V. κομπάσματα, τά, V. γαύρωμα, τό.
the boast of (concretely of persons or things): P. and V. σχῆμα, τό, V. πρόσχημα, τό, ἄγαλμα, τό, αὔχημα, τό (Euripides, Phoenissae 1131).
verb intransitive
P. and V. μέγα λέγειν, μέγα εἰπειν, Ar. and P. ἀλαζονεύεσθαι, P. μεγαλαυχεῖσθαι, ἐπικομπεῖν (Thuc.), Ar. and V. εὔχεσθαι, V. ἐξεύχεσθαι, ἐπεύχεσθαι (also Plato but rare P.), ἐξεπεύχεσθαι, αὐχεῖν (also Thuc. but rare P.), ἐξαυχεῖν, κομπεῖν (rare P.), κομπάζειν (rare P.), ἐκκομπάζειν, φλύειν (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 504).
boast of: P. and V. ἀγάλλεσθαι (dat.), ἁβρύνεσθαι (dat.), P. ἐπικομπεῖν (acc.) (Thuc.), V. κομπεῖν (acc.) (rare P.), κομπάζειν (acc.) (rare P.), ἐξεύχεσθαι (acc.), γαυροῦσθαι (dat.), Ar. and V. ἐπαυχεῖν (dat.).
