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διαυχενίζομαι

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: diauchenízomai Transliteration B: diauchenizomai Transliteration C: diafchenizomai Beta Code: diauxeni/zomai

English (LSJ)

hold the neck erect, Eun.Hist.pp.263,272 D.

Spanish (DGE)

1 intr. enderezar el cuello διηυχενίζετο πρὸς τὸν ... Λέοντα Eun.Hist.67.7
fig. aspirar a πρὸς τὸ ἀγέρωχον ... καὶ φιλοκίνδυνον Eun.Hist.78.1.
2 tr. enderezar, arreglar ἕτερα δὲ οὐ πολύ τι μείω ἀνωρθοῦτο καὶ διηυχενίζετο Eun.Hist.78.2.

German (Pape)

[Seite 609] den Nacken zurückwerfen, eigtl. von Pferden, u. übertr., sich brüsten; Suid.; Poll. 1, 218.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

διαυχενίζομαι: ἀποθ., ὑψῶ τὸν αὐχένα, γαυριῶ, se rengorger, Πολυδ. Α΄, 218, Εὐνάπ. παρὰ Σουΐδ.

Greek Monolingual

διαυχενίζομαι (Α)
1. (για άλογα) υψώνω τον αυχένα
2. (για ανθρ.) υπερηφανεύομαι, κομπάζω.