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ἐκχαυνόω

ekchaunoo

puff up, make vain and arrogant

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ἐκχαυνόω · ekchaunoō — LSJ

puff up, make vain and arrogant, to make, gape and stare

puff up, make vain and arrogant, ἐκ δὲ παίδων χαύνοις φρένας Alc. 51; [πόλιν] ἐκχαυνῶν λόγοις E. Supp. 412, cf. Phld. Lib. p.32 O.; ἐ. τὸν πολὺν ὄχλον to make them gape and stare, Hp. Art. 42.

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