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ὕβρις

I.wantonness, wanton violence or insolence, Od., Hdt., etc.; of actions, ἆρ᾽ οὐχ ὕβρις τάδ᾽; Soph.; ταῦτ᾽ οὐχ ὕβρις ἐστί; Ar.:—adv. usages, ὕβρει in wantonness or insolence, Soph.; ἐφ᾽ ὕβρει Eur.; δι᾽ ὕβριν Dem.
2.of lewdness, opp. to σωφροσύνη. Theogn., Xen.
3.of over-fed horses, riotousness, restiveness, Hdt., Pind.
II.= ὕβρισμα, Hom.; sometimes like ὑβρίζω, foll. by a prep., Ἥρας μητέρ᾽ εἰς ἐμὴν ὕβρις her outrage towards . . , Eur.; κατ᾽ Ἀργείους . Soph.; πρὸς τοὺς δημότας . Hdt.; also c. gen. objecti, . τινός towards him, id=Hdt., etc.:—in pl. wanton acts, outrages, Hes., Eur., etc.
2.an outrage on the person, violation, Pind., attic
3.in attic law, ὕβρις comprehended all the more serious injuries done to the person, grievous assault, the slighter kind being αἰκία [ι_]: hence ὕβρις was remedied by public indictment (γραφή), αἰκία by private action (δίκη).
III.a loss, damage, NTest.
B.as masc. = ὑβριστής, a violent, overbearing man, ὕβριν ἀνέρα Hes.

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