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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

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adjective

Ar. and P. ἀλαζών. P. μεγαλόφρων, κομπώδης (Thuc.), ὑπερήφανος, V. ὑπέρφρων, ὑψήγορος, στόμαργος, ὑψηλόφρων (also Plato but rare P.), Ar. and V. γαῦρος.

of words, etc.: P. and V. ὑψηλός, V. ὑπέρκοπος.

Translations

boastful

Azerbaijani: lovğa; Bulgarian: самохвален; Catalan: vanagloriós; Chinese Mandarin: 自誇的, 自夸的; Finnish: leuhka, öykkärimäinen; French: vantard, fanfaron; Galician: fantoche, vaidoso; German: prahlerisch, stolz; Ancient Greek: ἀλαζονίας, ἀλαζονικός, ἀλαζών, αὐχαλέος, αὐχήεις, αὐχηματίας, αὐχητής, γαύρηξ, γλωσσοκηλόκομπος, Θράσων, καυχηματίας, καυχηματικός, καυχήμων, καυχητής, κομπαστής, κομπαστικός, κομπολακύθης, κομπός, κομπῶδες, κομπώδης, μεγάλαυχος, μεγαλήγορος, μεγαλόφρων, μεγαυχής, περιαυτολογικός, στόμαργος, ὑπέραυχος, ὑπερήφανος, ὑπέρφρων, ὑψαγόρας, ὑψήγορος, ὑψηλόφρων, ὑψίκομπος, φίλαυχος; Hungarian: dicsekvő, hencegő, kérkedő; Irish: mórfhoclach; Japanese: 自慢する, 自慢に満ちた; Latin: iactans; Latvian: lielīgs; Macedonian: фалбаџиски; Maori: pākiwaha; Mongolian: бардам; Plautdietsch: grootfrätich, puchsch; Portuguese: orgulhoso; Russian: хвастливый, гордый; Scottish Gaelic: bragail; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: хвалисав, самохвалисав; Roman: hvalisav, samohvalisav; Spanish: jactancioso, fachendoso; Swedish: skrytsam; Tagalog: hambog, mahangin, pasikat; Yakut: бардам