καυχ-άομαι,
Doric dialect καυχέομαι [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.77 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular καυχᾶσαι in late Gr., as [[ NT.Rom.2.17, 23, etc.] NT]: future -ήσομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 134, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκαυχησάμην [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1311b4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect optative καυχάσαιτο [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 4.2 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]: perfect κεκαύχημαι [[ NT.2Cor.7.14 ] NT]:—active, [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 527.1 ] Refs]:— speak loud, be loud-tongued, κ. παρὰ καιρόν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], cf. Eup.[same place], etc.; boast, vaunt oneself, ἐπ᾽ αἰζηοῖσι κ. μέγα [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 95, compare 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator “fragment” 78; εἴς τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; ἔν τινι NT.Rom.[same places]: c.accusative et infinitive, aorist or present, boast that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place], etc.: with participle, boast of doing or being, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 616, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.30 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅτι.. [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.27 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: with accusative, boast of, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 141, NT.2Cor.9.2: c._genitive_, ὧν Ἱππίας ἐκαυχᾶτο 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.35 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus: with _dative_, κάλλει “Anthologia Graeca” 12.234 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus). ] NT+4th c.BC+]