ὑπερηφανίαν (hyperephanian)

ὑπερηφανίαν is an Ancient Greek form of ὑπερηφανία, meaning “arrogance; contempt towards”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 26 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Solon 14.2: … αὐτὸς ὁ Σόλων ὀκνῶν φησι τὸ πρῶτον ἅψασθαι τῆς πολιτείας, καὶ δεδοικὼς τῶν μὲν τὴν φιλοχρηματίαν, τῶν δὲ τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν. ᾑρέθη δὲ ἄρχων μετὰ Φιλόμβροτον ὁμοῦ καὶ διαλλακτὴς καὶ νομοθέτης, δεξαμένων προθύμως αὐτὸν ὡς μὲν εὔπορον τ …

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Epistulae 239·2: … ταδέχονται· καθόλου δὲ περὶ τοῦ μὴ δεῖν τοῖς ὑπὸ τῶν πειρασμῶν ταπεινωθεῖσιν ἐπιτίθεσθαι, μηδὲ ἀξίωμα κρίνειν ὑπερηφάνιαν, ἁμάρτημα καὶ μόνον ἀρκοῦν ἔχθραν ποιῆσαι εἰς Θεόν.

All forms of ὑπερηφανία (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.