brag
From LSJ
Βίος κέκληται δ' ὡς βίᾳ πορίζεται → Vi quia paratur vita, vita dicitur → Weil's auf gewaltsamem Streben beruht, heißt's Lebensgut
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).
