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ὑπερηφανέω

uperephaneo

overweening, arrogant

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What it meant

ὑπερηφᾰν-έω · hyperēphan-eō — LSJ

overweening, arrogant, to be arrogant

overweening, arrogant, ὑπερηφανέοντες Ἐπειοί Il. 11.694: hence later writers formed the Verb, to be arrogant, ἐπί τινας LXX Ne. 9.10, cf. Hp. Ep. 17, Plb. 6.10.8, Phld. Vit. p.11 J., al., J. BJ 3.1.1, etc.

II treat disdainfully, scorn

later writers also used it in a trans. sense, treat disdainfully, c. acc., D.S. 23.15, J. AJ 6.3.4, al., X.Eph. 1.16, POxy. 1676.16 (iii A. D.), etc.: c. gen., Them. Or. 21.249b, prob. in Luc. Nigr. 31: c. acc. et inf., scorn that . . , Longus 4.19.

2 extol

ὑ. ἑαυτούς extol themselves, Plb. 5.33.8.

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