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ὑπερήφᾰν-ος

uperephanos

overbearing, haughty, arrogant

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Where it lives

Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
Philip's Letter 1 · 7.12/10k
Siracides 12 · 6.5/10k
Machabaeourum III 3 · 5.97/10k
James 1 · 5.85/10k
1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
On the Public Fund 1 · 4.33/10k
Esther 2 · 3.62/10k
Psalmi 11 · 3.22/10k
First Philippic 1 · 3.05/10k
The Erotic Essay 1 · 2.73/10k

Densest 12 of 43 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὑπερήφανος · hyperēphanos — Beekes

ὑπερήφανος [adj.] ‘overbearing, haughty, arrogant’, rarely positive ‘outstanding’ (Hes., Pi, B., A. Pr. 405 [lyr.], Att. prose, εἴς <2 VAR Dor. (Pi., B.) -ἄφανος, -ηφάνως [adv.]. eDER ὑπερηφαν-ία, -in (καθ-) [f.] ‘haughtiness, pride’ (Sol. Att. prose, εἴς). Enlarged ὑπερηφανέοντες [m.pl.] ‘wanton’ (A 694), after ὑπερηνορέοντες etc. Depominative verb ὑπερηφανέω (also -ebw) ‘to be haughty, treat haughtily’ (Hell. and … — [Beekes, s.v. ὑπερήφανος, p. 1584]

2. ὑπερήφανος · hyperēphanos — Chantraine

ὑπερήφανος : dor. -ἄφανος (Pi, Β.), adv. -ηφάνως «arrogant, suffisant, présomptueux », parfois «d’une insolente prodigalité », rarement en bonne part « magnifique, splendide », etc., voir aussi Thphr. Char. 24 (Hés., Pi., B., Æsch. Pr. 405, prose att., etc.). D'où ὑπερηφανία ἤν « arrogance, orgueil » (Sol., prose att.), avec καθ- (Phld.) ; chez Hom. ὑπερηφανέοντες τὰ. pl. « arrogants » (II. 11,694), d'après … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὑπερήφανος, p. 1177]

3. ὑπερήφανος · hyperēphanos — Frisk

ὑπερήφανος, dor. (Pi., B.) -ἄφανος, Adv. -npdvws “überheblich, hochmütig, hoffärtig’, selten in gutem Sinn. ‘hervorragend’ (Hes., Pi., B., A. Pr. 405 [lyr.]), att. Prosa usw.). Davon ὑπερηφαν-ία, -In (xad-) f. "Hochmut, Übermut’ (Sol., att. Prosa usw.). Erweiterte Form ὑπερηφανέοντες m. pl. “übermütig’ (A 694), nach ὑπερηνορέοντες u.a. (Risch ὃ 111b, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 349). Denominativum ὑπερηφανέω (auch … — [Frisk, s.v. ὑπερήφανος, p. 1940]

4. ὑπερήφᾰν-ος · hyperēphan-os — LSJ

overweening, arrogant, proudly, sumptuously, prodigally, insolently, brutally

overweening, arrogant, Hes. Th. 149, Pi., B. ll. cc., A. Pr. 405 (lyr.), Isoc. 12.196, D. 4.9, Phld. Vit. p.10 J., etc.; Κύριος ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται LXX Pr. 3.34; ὑβρισταὶ καὶ ὑ. Arist. Rh. 1390b33; -ώτεροι . . καὶ ἀλογιστότεροι ib. 1391a33; οἰκίαι -ώτεραι D. 13.30. Adv., -νως ἔχειν bear oneself proudly, Pl. R. 399b, Tht. 175b; ὑ. ζῶντες living sumptuously, prodigally, Isoc. 4.152, Pl. Lg. 691a; ὀψωνεῖν . . οὐχὶ μετρίως . . , ἀλλʼ ὑ. Diph. 32.20; of a dish, ὑ. ὄζειν Alex. 261.6 (but also, in

2 magnificent, splendid, sublime

rarely in good sense, magnificent, splendid, σοφία, ἔργον, Pl. Phd. 96a, Smp. 217e; ὑ. τι διαπραττομένη Id. Grg. 511d; ποτήρια χρυσᾶ . . , ὑπερήφανα Philippid. 27; πράξεις ὑ. τὸ μέγεθος Plu. Fab. 26; sublime, Dam. Pr. 3. Adv. -νως, ἀγωνιζόμενος Plu. Ages. 34.

In the wild

ὑπερήφανον · hyperēphanon Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 403–406
ὑπερηφανώτεροι · hyperēphanōteroi Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
ὑπερήφανοι · hyperēphanoi Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
ὑπερήφανον · hyperēphanon Demosthenes, Against Androtion 47 (DIORISIS sentence 179)
ὑπερηφάνους · hyperēphanous Demosthenes, First Philippic 9 (DIORISIS sentence 22)
ὑπερηφάνως · hyperēphanōs Demosthenes, On the Crown 252 (DIORISIS sentence 747)

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