The corpus record

ὑπέρφρων

uperphron

haughty, arrogant

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

ὑπέρφρων · hyperphrōn — LSJ

haughty, arrogant

haughty, arrogant, σῆμα, λόγοι, A. Th. 387, 410; φρονήματα E. Heracl. 388: neut. pl. ὑπέρφρονα as Adv., S. Aj. 1236. Regul. Adv. ὑπερφρόνως D.C. 37.5, 49 (this Adv. is censured by Poll. 9.147).

2 a sense of superiority

in good sense, ἐκ τοῦ ὑπέρφρονος from a sense of superiority, Th. 2.62, D.C. 45.43.

In the wild

ὑπέρφρον · hyperphron Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 387–388
ὑπέρφρονας · hyperphronas Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 407–410
ὑπέρφρων · hyperphrōn Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1660)
ὑπέρφρων · hyperphrōn Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1657)
ὑπέρφρονα · hyperphrona Sophocles, Ajax 1236
ὑπέρφρονος · hyperphronos Thucydides, History 2.62.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1383)

Where it came from

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