The corpus record

μεγᾰλο-φρονέω

megalophroneo

to be high-minded

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

μεγᾰλο-φρονέω · megalo-phroneō — LSJ

to be high-minded, to be confident, to be generous, display high spirit

to be high-minded, μ. ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ to be confident in oneself, X. HG 6.2.39; πρὸς τὰς ἀνάγκας LXX 4 Ma. 6.24; to be generous, D.C. 43.21, al.:—Med., display high spirit, περὶ τῆς ἡγεμονίας J. AJ 19.3.1.

II to be arrogant

in bad sense, to be arrogant, Plu. Dio 40, al.:—in Med., Pl. R. 528c; ἐπί τινι D.C. 43.14; τινι Philostr. VA 8.5; πρός τινα . . ὡς . . ib. 1.39.

In the wild

μεγαλοφρονούμενοι · megalophronoumenoi Plato, Republic 7.528 (DIORISIS sentence 4466)
μεγαλοφρονοῦντα · megalophronounta Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 6
μεγαλοφρονοῦντος · megalophronountos Xenophon, Hellenica 6.2.39 (DIORISIS sentence 2648)

Where it came from

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