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ὑβριστής

ubristes · ὁ

violent, wanton, licentious, insolent man

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Where it lives

  • Apology 1 · 5/10k
  • Theogony 3 · 4.36/10k
  • Proverbia 4 · 3.6/10k
  • Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
  • Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
  • Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
  • Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
  • Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Symposium 3 · 1.72/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
  • Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
  • Romans 1 · 1.43/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

violent, wanton, licentious, insolent man, sarcastic

violent, wanton, licentious, insolent man, ὑβριστῇσι . . τῶν μένος αἰὲν ἀτάσθαλον, οὐδὲ δύνανται φυλόπιδος κορέσασθαι Il. 13.633; ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄγριοι οὐδὲ δίκαιοι ἠὲ φιλόξεινοι Od. 6.120, 9.175, 13.201; of the suitors (cf. ὕβρις I.1), ὑ. καὶ ἀτάσθαλοι 24.282; στρατὸν ὑβριστὴν Μήδων Thgn. 775; Πέρσαι φύσιν ἐόντες ὑ. Hdt. 1.89; ἀνδρῶν δυναστέων παῖδες ὑβρισταί Id. 2.32; στρατὸν θηρῶν ὑ., of the Centaurs, S. Tr. 1096: also in Prose, And. 4.14, Lys. 24.15, Ep.Rom. 1.30, etc.; in a milder sense, s

2 lustful, lewd, insolent

esp., opp. σώφρων, lustful, lewd, Ar. Nu. 1068 (anap.), X. Cyr. 3.1.21, etc.; ὁ εἰς ὁτιοῦν ὑ. Aeschin. 1.17; ὑ. πενίης insolent towards . . , AP 9.172b (Pall.).

3 wanton, restive, unruly

of animals, wanton, restive, unruly, ταῦροι E. Ba. 743; ἵπποι X. Cyr. 7.5.62, cf. Pl. Phdr. 254c.

4

of natural forces, ὑβριστὴς Τυφάων Hes. Th. 307; Ὑβριστὴν ποταμὸν οὐ ψευδώνυμον A. Pr. 717.

5 proud

of things, ὑ. οἶνος διὰ νεότητα Ael. Ep. 8; μέλι Ἀττικὸν ποιεῖ ὑ. [τὸν πλακοῦντα] makes it proud, Archestr. Fr. 62.18; νάρθηκας ὑ., of the Bacchae, E. Ba. 113 (lyr.).—Cf. ὕβριστος fin.

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Where it came from

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