[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to get carried away by rage or to pretend to be angry.[1]
"But he, putting on airs, got far more haughty."[2]
Also [sc. attested is] brenqu/etai ["is haughty"], [meaning] is conceited. Brenthos is a type of perfume that women smear themselves with and get big ideas.[3]
Also [sc. attested is] brenqu/h| ["you act haughty"], [meaning] you are arrogant and you have big ideas about yourself. For some giving in to themselves go around with a pompous bearing, as Prodikos is wise but Socrates enjoys an empty reputation among us for wisdom.[4] Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "you act haughty in the streets and you roll your eyes around."[5] [This means] you puff yourself up in your appearance and you glare like a bull or like a braggart. The metaphor [comes] from the perfume brenthos.
Also [sc. attested is] brenquo/menos ["he being haughty"], [meaning] being conceited, thinking big.
Agathias [writes]: "and they, acting more haughty than was right on account of the recent events, were utterly neglecting the things at hand."[6]
And elsewhere: "he went to the empress all full of himself and haughty."[7]