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ὑβρ-ιστής , οῦ, ὁ,
A.violent, wanton, licentious, insolent man, “ὑβριστῇσι . . τῶν μένος αἰὲν ἀτάσθαλον, οὐδὲ δύνανται φυλόπιδος κορέσασθαι” Il.13.633; “ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄγριοι οὐδὲ δίκαιοι ἠὲ φιλόξεινοι” Od.6.120,9.175, 13.201; of the suitors (cf. “ὕβρις” 1.1), “ὑ. καὶ ἀτάσθαλοι” 24.282; “στρατὸν ὑβριστὴν Μήδων” Thgn.775; “Πέρσαι φύσιν ἐόντες ὑ.” Hdt.1.89; “ἀνδρῶν δυναστέων παῖδες ὑβρισταί” Id.2.32; στρατὸν θηρῶν ὑ., of the Centaurs, S.Tr.1096: also in Prose, And.4.14, Lys.24.15, Ep.Rom.1.30, etc.; in a milder sense, sarcastic, Pl.Prt.355c.
2. esp., opp. σώφρων, lustful, lewd, Ar.Nu.1068 (anap.), X.Cyr.3.1.21, etc.; “ὁ εἰς ὁτιοῦν ὑ.” Aeschin.1.17; ὑ. πενίης insolent towards . . , AP9.172b (Pall.).
3. of animals, wanton, restive, unruly, “ταῦροι” E.Ba. 743; “ἵπποι” X.Cyr.7.5.62, cf. Pl.Phdr.254c.
4. of natural forces, “ὑβριστὴς Τυφάων” Hes.Th.307; “Ὑβριστὴν ποταμὸν οὐ ψευδώνυμον” A.Pr. 717.
5. of things, “ὑ. οἶνος διὰ νεότητα” Ael.Ep.8; μέλι Ἀττικὸν ποιεῖ ὑ. [τὸν πλακοῦντα] makes it proud, Archestr.Fr.62.18; νάρθηκας ὑ., of the Bacchae, E.Ba.113 (lyr.).—Cf. ὕβριστος fin.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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