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Headword: *periautologei=n
Adler number: pi,1075
Translated headword: to speak about oneself, to brag, to self-aggrandize
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] to talk about oneself; that is [sc. speaking] with arrogance.[1]
Greek Original:
*periautologei=n: peri\ e(autou= le/gein: toute/sti meta\ u(perhfani/as.
Notes:
The headword is the present active infinitive of the late compound verb periautologe/w (which specific form is unattested), I speak about myself; see generally LSJ s.v. If it is extracted from somewhere specific, C3-4 instances include Porphyrius, Epistula ad Anebonem 1.4b.1, and Iamblichus, de mysteriis 2.10.4.
The related abstract noun periautologia is attested somewhat earlier, notably in Plutarch; besides numerous instances in the Moralia, note his attribution of an immoderate degree of this to Cicero (Comp.Cic.Dem. 2).
[1] The headword is identically glossed in Photius' Lexicon (pi642 Theodoridis) and the Synagoge. The gloss at Lexica Segueriana 337.18 is the same except for the infinitive, which is lalei=n: to prattle about oneself.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; philosophy; rhetoric
Translated by: Ronald Allen on 28 February 2011@23:02:32.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note; tweaks and cosmetics) on 1 March 2011@03:09:53.
David Whitehead on 14 September 2011@06:03:05.
David Whitehead on 24 September 2013@05:17:15.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 27 February 2015@00:25:06.

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