ὑπέρφρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ῠ̔περ- (huper-, “over”) +‎ -φρων (-phrōn, mind)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pér.pʰrɔːn/ → /yˈper.ɸron/ → /iˈper.fron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pér.pʰrɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈper.pʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈper.ɸron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈper.fron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈper.fron/

Adjective

ῠ̔πέρφρων • (hupérphrōn) m or f (neuter ῠ̔́περφρον); third declension

1. proud, haughty

Inflection

Third declension of ῠ̔πέρφρων; ῠ̔́περφρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῠ̔πέρφρων hupérphrōn	ῠ̔́περφρον húperphron		ῠ̔πέρφρονε hupérphrone	ῠ̔πέρφρονε hupérphrone		ῠ̔πέρφρονες hupérphrones	ῠ̔πέρφρονᾰ hupérphrona
Genitive		ῠ̔πέρφρονος hupérphronos	ῠ̔πέρφρονος hupérphronos		ῠ̔περφρόνοιν huperphrónoin	ῠ̔περφρόνοιν huperphrónoin		ῠ̔περφρόνων huperphrónōn	ῠ̔περφρόνων huperphrónōn
Dative		ῠ̔πέρφρονῐ hupérphroni	ῠ̔πέρφρονῐ hupérphroni		ῠ̔περφρόνοιν huperphrónoin	ῠ̔περφρόνοιν huperphrónoin		ῠ̔πέρφροσῐ / ῠ̔πέρφροσῐν hupérphrosi(n)	ῠ̔πέρφροσῐ / ῠ̔πέρφροσῐν hupérphrosi(n)
Accusative		ῠ̔πέρφρονᾰ hupérphrona	ῠ̔́περφρον húperphron		ῠ̔πέρφρονε hupérphrone	ῠ̔πέρφρονε hupérphrone		ῠ̔πέρφρονᾰς hupérphronas	ῠ̔πέρφρονᾰ hupérphrona
Vocative		ῠ̔́περφρον húperphron	ῠ̔́περφρον húperphron		ῠ̔πέρφρονε hupérphrone	ῠ̔πέρφρονε hupérphrone		ῠ̔πέρφρονες hupérphrones	ῠ̔πέρφρονᾰ hupérphrona
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῠ̔περφρόνως huperphrónōs			ῠ̔περφρονέστερος huperphronésteros			ῠ̔περφρονέστᾰτος huperphronéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὑπερφρονέω (huperphronéō)
• ὑπερφρόνησῐς (huperphrónēsis)
• ὑπερφροσῠ́νη (huperphrosúnē)

 

Further reading

• “ὑπέρφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπέρφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὑπέρφρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arrogant idem, page 41.
  • boastful idem, page 87.
  • braggart idem, page 93.
  • cold idem, page 142.
  • contemptuous idem, page 167.
  • disdainful idem, page 232.
  • distant idem, page 240.
  • flaunting idem, page 326.
  • haughty idem, page 388.
  • imperious idem, page 420.
  • ostentatious idem, page 580.
  • overbearing idem, page 585.
  • overweening idem, page 587.
  • proud idem, page 653.
  • scornful idem, page 741.
  • supercilious idem, page 838.
  • vain idem, page 942.
  • vainglorious idem, page 942.