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ὑπερηνορέων

ὑπερηνορέων, exceedingly manly

ὑπερηνορ-έων, οντος, ὁ,
  • exceedingly manly: but always used in bad sense (though ἠνορέη is = ἀνδρεία, manliness, courage), overbearing, overweening, of the Trojans, Il. 4.176; of Deïphobus (the Trojan), 13.258; of the Cyclopes, Od. 6.5; in Od. mostly of the suitors, 17.482, al.; κακῶς ὑπερηνορέοντες 2.266, cf. 4.766.
    • II Com., thinking oneself more than man, Ar. Pax 53. (No Verb ὑπερηνορέω occurs: cf. ὑπερμενέων.)

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