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καυχάς

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

German (Pape)

[Seite 1409] άδος, ἡ, die Großprahlerinn?

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καυχάς: -άδος, ἡ, ἡ καυχωμένη, ἡ καυχησιάρα, μεταγεν.

Greek Monolingual

καυχάς, -άδος, ἡ (Α)
αυτή που καυχιέται, η καυχησιάρα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < καυχῶμαι, κατά το σχήμα μαίνομαι-μαινάς.