Περιαυτολογεῖν
to speak about oneself, to brag, to self-aggrandize
Translated by Ronald Allen28 Feb 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to talk about oneself; that is [sc. speaking] with arrogance.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περιαυτολογεῖν· περὶ ἑαυτοῦ λέγειν· τουτέστι μετὰ ὑπερηφανίας.
Betacode
*periautologei=n: peri\ e(autou= le/gein: toute/sti meta\ u(perhfani/as.
Notes (1)
- The headword is the present active infinitive of the late compound verb
periautologe/w (which specific form is unattested), I speak about myself; see generally LSJ s.v. If it is extracted from somewhere specific, C3-4 instances include Porphyrius, Epistula ad Anebonem 1.4b.1, and Iamblichus, de mysteriis 2.10.4.
The related abstract noun periautologia is attested somewhat earlier, notably in Plutarch; besides numerous instances in the Moralia, note his attribution of an immoderate degree of this to Cicero (Comp.Cic.Dem. 2). - 1The headword is identically glossed in Photius' Lexicon (pi642 Theodoridis) and the Synagoge. The gloss at Lexica Segueriana 337.18 is the same except for the infinitive, which is
lalei=n : to prattle about oneself. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Feb 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen