ΜΕΓΑΛΟΦΡΟΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ, μεγαλοφρονουντες
MEGALOPHRONOUNTES, megalophronountes
Sounds Like: meh-gah-loh-froh-NOON-tes
Translations: being high-minded, being proud, being arrogant, being boastful, being conceited
From the root: ΜΕΓΑΛΟΦΡΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word describes someone who is high-minded, proud, or arrogant. It is often used in a negative sense to denote an inflated sense of self-importance or a boastful attitude. It functions as an adjective describing the subject of the sentence.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G3173 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΓΑΛΟΦΡΟΝΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΓΑΛΟΦΡΟΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to be high-minded, to be proud, to be arrogant, to be conceited, to think highly of oneself
- ΜΕΓΑΛΟΦΡΟΝΗΣΑΙ — to be high-minded, to be proud, to think great things, to be magnanimous, to be arrogant
- ΜΕΓΑΛΟΦΡΟΝΟΥΝ — to be high-minded, to be proud, to be arrogant, to be conceited, to think highly of oneself
- ΜΕΓΑΛΟΦΡΟΝΟΥΝΤΑ — being high-minded, being proud, being arrogant, being conceited, being magnanimous, being noble-minded
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