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ὑβρίζω ὕβρις

I.to wax wanton, run riot, Od., Aesch., etc.; opp. to σωφρονεῖν, Xen.
2.of over-fed horses or asses, to neigh or bray and prance about, Lat. lascivire, Hdt., Xen.
3.metaph. of a rapid rushing river, Hdt.
II.in dealing with other persons, ὑβρ. τινά to treat him despitefully, to outrage, insult, affront, maltreat, Il., Aesch.; more commonly, ὑβρ. εἴς τινα to commit an outrage upon or towards him, Eur., Plat.; ὑβρ. ἐπί τινα to exult over a fallen foe, Eur.
2.c. acc. cogn., ὑβρ. ὕβριν Aesch., Eur., etc.: —with a neut. adj., ὑβρ. τάδε to commit these outrages, Hdt.; so, τῶν ἀδικημάτων τῶν ἐς Ἀθηναίους ὕβρισαν id=Hdt.; and with double acc., ὕβριν ὑβρίζειν τινά Eur.:— hence in Pass., ὕβριν ὑβρισθῆναι id=Eur., Dem.
3.at Athens in legal sense, to do one a personal outrage, to maltreat, assault, Oratt.:—Pass., γυναῖκες καὶ παῖδες ὑβρίζονται Thuc.; ὑβριζόμενος ἀποθνήσκει he dies of ill-treatment, Xen.;—and of acts, τὰ ὑβρισμένα outrages, Lys.
4.perf. pass. part., of things, arrogant, ostentatious, σημεῖ᾽ ἔχων ὑβρισμένα Eur.; στολὴ ὑβρισμένη Xen.

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