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ἐκχαυνόω

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Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d
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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.

German (Pape)

[Seite 787] aufblähen, aufgeblasen, übermüthig machen; λόγοις Eur. Suppl. 412; τὸν ὄχλον, den großen Haufen täuschen und für sich gewinnen, Hippocr.