brag
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
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 Plato but rare P.), κομπεῖν (rare P.), κομπάζειν (rare P.), περπερεύομαι; see boast.
substantive
P. μεγαλαυχία, ἡ, V. τὸ γαῦρον; see boast, boastfulness.
braggart, subs. Ar. .and P. ἀλαζών, ὁ or ἡ. V. κομπός, ὁ (Euripides, Phoenissae 600).
