ὑπέροφρυς
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
υ, supercilious, prob. in Ps.-Phoc.59, cf. Hsch., Phot., Suid.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1200] υος, mit aus Stolz in die Höhe gezogenen Augenbrauen, hochmütig, Sp., vgl. VLL.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑπέροφρυς: υ, γεν. -υος, ὁ ἔχων ἀνεσπασμένας τὰς ὀφρῦς, ὑπερήφανος, Ὑπερείδ. παρὰ Σουΐδ., Εὐστ. Πονημάτ. 11. 62.
Greek Monolingual
-υ / ὑπέροφρυς, -υ, ΝΜΑ
υπερόπτης, αλαζόνας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑπερ- + ὀφρύς «φρύδι» (πρβλ. ἔνοφρυς)].
Translations
supercilious
Armenian Old Armenian: հպարտ, սէգ; Bulgarian: арогантен, високомерен, надменен; Chinese Mandarin: 傲慢, 高傲, 驕傲, 骄傲; Dutch: hooghartig, denigrerend, hautain, verwaand, hoogmoedig, aanmatigend, hoogneuzig, arrogant; Finnish: ylenkatseellinen; French: hautain; German: arrogant, hochmütig, hochnäsig, anmaßend, herablassend; Greek: υπεροπτικός, υπερφίαλος; Ancient Greek: σοβαροβλέφαρος, ὑπέροφρυς, ὑπέρφρων; Ido: superba; Irish: mórtasach; Italian: altezzoso, sdegnoso; Latin: superbus, superciliosus; Lithuanian: pasikėlęs, pasikėlusi; Macedonian: надмен; Norwegian: hovmodig; Ottoman Turkish: بورونلو; Polish: wyniosły; Portuguese: supercilioso, altivo, soberbo; Russian: надменный, высокомерный; Scottish Gaelic: àrdanach; Sicilian: sticchiuni, sticchiusu; Spanish: altivo; Swedish: högdragen, högfärdig