spitzen

From LSJ

πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβριςpride goeth before destruction, pride comes before a fall, pride goes before a fall, pride goeth before a fall, pride wenteth before a fall, pride cometh before a fall, pride comes before the fall

Source

German > Latin

spitzen, acuere. exacuere (spitz u. scharf machen). – praeacuere (vorn spitz machen). – Bildl., die Ohren sp., aures erigere od. arrigere: sich auf etwas sp., imminere in alqd.