The corpus record

γαῦρ-ος

gauros

exulting in

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Where it lives

Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

exulting in, haughty, disdainful, splendid, skittish

exulting in, βοστρύχοισι Archil. 58; ὄλβῳ E. Supp. 862: abs., haughty, disdainful, Id. Fr. 788, Ar. Ra. 282; γ. καὶ μετέωρος Luc. Nigr. 5, cf. Jul. Caes. 319d; in good sense, splendid, D.Chr. 67.5 (Comp.), D.C. 68.31; epith. of ἔφηβοι, IG 7.544,545 (Tanagra); also, skittish, μόσχω γαυροτέρα Theoc. 11.21: τὸ γ., = γαυρότης, τὸ γ. ἐν φρεσὶν κεκτημένοι E. Supp. 217; τὰ γαῦρα Babr. 43.6. Adv. Sup. γαυρότατα, εἰπεῖν Max.Tyr. 7.7 [1.7.e]. (Cf. γαίω.)

In the wild

γαῦρος · gauros Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5626)
γαῦρος · gauros Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 60)
γαῦρος · gauros Euripides, Suppliants *)/adrastos (DIORISIS sentence 508)
γαῦρον · gauron Euripides, Suppliants *qhseu/s (DIORISIS sentence 132)

Where it came from

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