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ἐκχαυνόω

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: ekchaunóō Transliteration B: ekchaunoō Transliteration C: ekchavnoo Beta Code: e)kxauno/w

English (LSJ)

   A puff up, make vain and arrogant, ἐκ δὲ παίδων χαύνοις φρένας Alc.51; [πόλιν] ἐκχαυνῶν λόγοις E.Supp.412, cf. Phld.Lib. p.32 O.; ἐ. τὸν πολὺν ὄχλον to make them gape and stare, Hp.Art.42.