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ὑπερφρον-έω

uperphroneo

to be over-proud, have high thoughts

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 3 · 3.89/10k
Clouds 2 · 2.08/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
History 3 · 0.2/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑπερφρον-έω · hyperphron-eō — LSJ

to be over-proud, have high thoughts, to be proud in, of

to be over-proud, have high thoughts, μηδʼ ὑπερφρόνει A. Ag. 1039, cf. Plb. 6.18.7; μὴ ὑ. παρʼ ὃ δεῖ φρονεῖν, ἀλλὰ φρονεῖν εἰς τὸ σωφρονεῖν Ep.Rom. 12.3: c. dat. modi, to be proud in or of a thing, πλούτῳ Hdt. 1.199; τὸν λόγον, ᾧ ὑπερπεφρόνηκας Pl. Alc. 1.104a.

2 overlook, look down upon, despise, to be despised

c. acc., overlook, look down upon, despise, ὑπερφρονήσας τὸν παρόντα δαίμονα A. Pers. 825; τοὺς θεούς Ar. Nu. 226; πέφυκε ἄνθρωπος τὸ . . θεραπεῦον ὑπερφρονεῖν Th. 3.39; ἑτέρους Aristeas 122:—Pass., to be despised, ὑπὸ τῶν εὐπραγούντων Th. 6.16.

3 think slightly of

c. gen., think slightly of, δαιμόνων E. Ba. 1325; τῶν καθεστώτων νόμων Ar. Nu. 1400; τοῦ ἐπιτηδεύματος Pl. Phdr. 258b.

II surpass in knowledge, excel in, wisdom

surpass in knowledge, ὑ. ἱστορίᾳ τὸν δῆμον (v.l. for περιφρ-) Aeschin. 1.141: c. acc. cogn., πάντα ὑ. excel in all wisdom, Hp. Ep. 17.

In the wild

ὑπερφρόνει · hyperphronei Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1039
ὑπερφρονήσας · hyperphronēsas Aeschylus, Persians 823–826
ὑπερφρονεῖν · hyperphronein Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 1083)
ὑπερφρονεῖς · hyperphroneis Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 209)
ὑπερεφρόνησε · hyperephronēse Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1241)
ὑπερφρονῆσαι · hyperphronēsai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7767)

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