Ὕβρις
violence, insolence
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Mar 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὕβρις· ὑπόβαρός τις οὖσα· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὕειν βάρος.
Betacode
*(/ubris: u(po/baro/s tis ou)=sa: h)\ para\ to\ u(/ein ba/ros.
Notes (1)
- Purporting to be etymologies for
u(/bris (cf. upsilon 15, upsilon 16). - 1cf. Etymologicum Magnum 774.19, which however says
oi(=on u(po/bari/s tis ou)=sa , "as if some hypobaris" (a feminine noun); the Suda'su(po/baros , not in LSJ, is otherwise unattested and probably a mistake. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- υ11Ὑβρίζεινto do violence, to act insolentlyIn reference to behaving shamefully. "[He] supposed that they, wicked as they were, [sc. were disposed] to do violence and to be idle." "But he did not live at random, as least as far as I can judge, nor indeed like the…
- υ16Ὕβριςhybris, assault, outrage[Meaning] the [sc. sort of attack that comes] with contumely and abuse, whereas battery [ai)ki/a] [sc. is a matter of] blows only. Lysias in the [speech] On Battery in reply to Isokrates [writes]: "and yet which of you…
- υ20Ὕβριστιςwanton[Meaning] insolence/violence, and disgrace.
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