Ὑψαυχεῖν

to carry the neck high, to boast

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Apr 2011Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

[Meaning] to think big.¹
[sc. Also attested is] the u(yauxh/n ["carrying the neck high"], masculine. But see whether [it is] also feminine.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑψαυχεῖν· ὑψηλοφρονεῖν. Ὁ ὑψαυχήν, ἀρσενικόν. ζήτει δέ, εἰ καὶ θηλυκόν.

Betacode

*(uyauxei=n: u(yhlofronei=n. *(o u(yauxh/n, a)rseniko/n. zh/tei de/, ei) kai\ qhluko/n.

1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius upsilon328 Theodoridis. The headword infinitive itself is regarded as coming from Sophocles (fr. 1106 Radt, contextless). ↩
2(This addendum to the entry is lacking in manuscripts AFV, and Adler indicates it to be an interpolation.) On u(yau/xhn (sic: accented paroxytone), a two-termination adjective, see generally LSJ s.v.; it is attested with (e.g.) the masculine noun 'horse' in Plato, Phaedrus 253D, and -- figuratively -- with the feminine noun 'fir-tree' in Euripides, Bacchae 1061. ↩

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