μεγᾰλ-αυχέω,
boast, brag, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1528 (_anapaest meter_), LXX.Eze.16.50, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.284, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.272 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus); ἐπί τινι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.10; ἐν ταῖς εὐπραγίαις [prev. author] 8.21.11; διά τι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.16 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]:—also in middle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.104c, “R.” 395d; ἐπί τινι 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II c.accusative, boast of, μονομάχιον [[ [prev. author] “Gall.” 10. ] Refs]