Λαβραγόρην

braggart, brashly-speaking

Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝8 Jan 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

[Meaning him] orating excessively.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λαβραγόρην· σφοδρῶς δημηγοροῦντα.

Betacode

*labrago/rhn: sfodrw=s dhmhgorou=nta.

Notes

The headword, in the accusative case, comes from Homer, Iliad 23.479: Oilean Ajax scolds Idomeneus for bragging. This gloss on it is paralleled in other lexica (see the references at Photius lambda8 Theodoridis) though not, precisely, in the scholia thereto.

Linked from1 entry

λ8ΛάβραξbassA kind of fish. And [there is] a proverb: 'Milesian basses'. The appellation was applied because its mouth gapes open and it swallows the bait readily and eagerly [la/brws]; consequently it is easily caught. In Miletus…

Neighbouring entries

λ5Λάβῃmay take, would take λ6ΛαβίνιοςLabinios, Lavinius λ7Λαβραγόρηνbraggart, brashly-speaking λ8Λάβραξbass λ9Λαβρότατοςmost intemperate, very intemperate

Revision history5 revisions · last 27 Mar 2013

27 Mar 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
17 Jun 2011added italics — Catharine Roth
17 Jun 2011tweaked note; more keywords — David Whitehead
9 Jan 2004cosmetics — Catharine Roth
9 Jan 2004modified headword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Jan 2004Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝