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ὕβρις

ubris · ἡ

wanton violence

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Where it lives

  • Nahum 2 · 21.67/10k
  • Virtues and Vices 3 · 20.23/10k
  • Sophonias 2 · 16.89/10k
  • Suppliant Maidens 8 · 16.59/10k
  • Works and Days 6 · 10.41/10k
  • Proverbia 11 · 9.9/10k
  • Machabaeourum III 4 · 7.96/10k
  • Bacchae 5 · 6.65/10k
  • Osee 2 · 5.31/10k
  • Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
  • Psalmi Salomonis 2 · 4.2/10k
  • Zacharias 2 · 4.15/10k

Densest 12 of 78 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

1. ὕβρις · hybris

wanton violence, insolence, in wantonness, insolence

wanton violence, arising from the pride of strength or from passion, insolence, freq. in Od., mostly of the suitors, μνηστήρων, τῶν ὕ. τε βίη τε σιδήρεον οὐρανὸν ἵκει 15.329, 17.565; μνηστῆρες ὑπέρβιον ὕ. ἔχοντες 1.368, 4.321; λίην γὰρ ἀτάσθαλον ὕ. ἔχουσι 16.86, cf. Alc. Supp. 27.10; ὕβρει εἴξαντες Od. 14.262, 17.431; θεοὶ . . ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν τε καὶ εὐνομίην ἐφορῶντες ib. 487; δίκη ὑπὲρ ὕβριος ἴσχει Hes. l.c., cf. Archil. 88, IG 1(2).394 (vi B. C.), 4(2)(1).122.98 (Epid., iv B. C.); joined with ὀ

2 lust, lewdness

lust, lewdness, opp. σωφροσύνη, Thgn. 379, X. Cyr. 8.4.14.

3 violence

of animals, violence, Hdt. 1.189; ὕβρις ὀρθία κνωδάλων Pi. P. 10.36, cf. N. 1.50 (v. ὑβρίζω I.2); ἡ ἐκ τοῦ χαλινοῦ ὕ. D.Chr. 63.5.

II an outrage, outrage, wanton acts, outrages

= ὕβρισμα, an outrage (though it is freq. difficult to separate this concrete sense from the abstract), Il. 1.203, 214; ὕβριν τεῖσαι Od. 24.352; ὑπὸ γυναικὸς ἄρχεσθαι ὕ. ἐσχάτη Democr. 111, cf. Xenoph. 1.17: sts., like ὑβρίζω, folld. by a Prep., Ἥρας μητέρʼ εἰς ἐμὴν ὕβρις her outrage towards . . , E. Ba. 9; ἡ κατʼ Ἀργείων (-ους codd. Priscian.) ὕ. S. Fr. 368; ἡ πρὸς τοὺς δημότας ὕ. Hdn. 2.4.1: c. gen. objecti, ὕ. τινός towards him, Id. 1.8.4, etc.: pl., wanton acts, outrages, Hes. Op. 146, E. Ba

2 an outrage on the person, violation, rape

an outrage on the person, esp. violation, rape, Pi. P. 2.28, Lys. 1.2, etc.; παίδων ὕβρεις καὶ γυναικῶν αἰσχύνας Isoc. 4.114, cf. Plb. 6.8.5; τὴν ὕ. τὴν εἰς τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα Aeschin. 1.116; τὴν τοῦ σώματος ὕβριν πεπρακώς ib. 188; so τὸ σῶμα ἐφʼ ὕβρει πεπρακώς ib. 29; γυναῖκας ἤγαγε δεῦρʼ ἐφʼ ὕβρει D. 19.309; γυναικῶν ὕβρεις ἢ εἰς αὑτοὺς ἢ εἰς υἱεῖς Arist. Rh. 1373a35.

3 the more serious injuries done to the person

in Law, a term covering all the more serious injuries done to the person, Isoc. 20.2, Aeschin. 1.15, D. 37.33, 45.4; see esp. D. 21 (against Meidias); ὁ τῆς ὕβρεως νόμος ib. 35 (the text is given ib. 47); δίκη ὕβρεως ἢ πληγῶν PHal. 1.115 (iii B. C.), cf. PHib. 1.32.8 (iii B. C.), etc.

III a loss by sea

used of a loss by sea, Pi. (v. ναυσίστονος), Act.Ap. 27.21.

B a violent, overbearing man

as masc., = ὑβριστής, a violent, overbearing man, κακῶν ῥεκτῆρα καὶ ὕβριν ἀνέρα Hes. Op. 191.

2. ὑβρίς · hybris

the great eagle owl, Strix bubo

a night bird of prey, perh. the great eagle owl, Strix bubo, Arist. HA 615b10.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὕβρις (scan pp. 1575-1576; entry #6204).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὕβρις (scan p. 1169; entry #8211).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὕβρις (scan p. 1926; entry #5808).

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