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καυχάομαι

καυχάομαι, to speak loud, be loud-tongued

καυχ-άομαι, Dor. καυχέομαι Theoc. 5.77; 2 sg. καυχᾶσαι in late Gr., as Ep.Rom. 2.17, 23, etc.: fut. -ήσομαι Hdt. 7.39, Eup. 134, Epicr. 6: aor. ἐκαυχησάμην Arist. Pol. 1311b4; Aeol. opt. καυχάσαιτο Sapph. Supp. 4.2: pf. κεκαύχημαι 2 Ep.Cor. 7.14:—Act., EM 527.1:—
  • speak loud, be loud-tongued, κ. παρὰ καιρόν Pi. O. 9.38, cf. Eup. l.c., etc.; boast, vaunt oneself, ἐπʼ αἰζηοῖσι κ. μέγα Cratin. 95, cf. Lycurg. Fr. 78; εἴς τι Arist. l.c.; ἔν τινι Ep.Rom. ll.cc.: c. acc. et inf., aor. or pres., boast that . ., Hdt. l.c., Epicr. l.c., etc.: c. part., boast of doing or being, Men. Mon. 616, D.H. 8.30; ὅτι . . Str. 13.1.27: c. acc., boast of, Philem. 141, 2 Ep.Cor. 9.2: c. gen., ὧν Ἱππίας ἐκαυχᾶτο Phld. Vit. p.35 J.: c. dat., κάλλει AP 12.234 (Strat.).

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