ὑπερήφᾰν-ος, ον,
Doric dialect ὑπερά- [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.28, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 16.49 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—mostly in bad sense, overweening, arrogant, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 149, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus [same places], 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 405 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.196, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.9, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.10 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, etc.; Κύριος ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται LXX.Pro.3.34; ὑβρισταὶ καὶ ὑ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1390b33 ] LXX+8th c.BC+]; -ώτεροι.. καὶ ἀλογιστότεροι[[ [prev. work] 1391a33; οἰκίαι -ώτεραι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 13.30. ] Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb, -νως ἔχειν bear oneself proudly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399b, “Tht.” 175b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. ζῶντες living sumptuously, prodigally, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.152, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 691a; ὀψωνεῖν.. οὐχὶ μετρίως.., ἀλλ᾽ ὑ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a dish, ὑ. ὄζειν [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.6 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] (but also, insolently, brutally, μαστιγοῦν τινα probably in [[ “PCair.Zen.” 80.4 (3rd c.BC)).] Refs 3rd c.BC+]—This sense appears in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus in the ] Refs 8th c.BC+]participle ὑπερηφανέων (which see).
__2 rarely in good sense, magnificent, splendid, σοφία, ἔργον, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 96a, “Smp.” 217e; ὑ. τι διαπραττομένη [prev. author] “Grg.” 511d; ποτήρια χρυσᾶ.., ὑπερήφανα 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 27; πράξεις ὑ. τὸ μέγεθος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; sublime, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 3 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]. adverb -νως, ἀγωνιζόμενος [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 34. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]