ὕβρις [ῠ by nature, ῡ by position in
Epic dialect etc.], ἡ,
genitive εως [
Refs 5th c.BC+],
Epic dialect and
Ionic dialect ιος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
wanton violence, arising from the pride of strength or from passion,
insolence, frequently in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], mostly of the suitors, μνηστήρων, τῶν ὕ. τε βίη τε σιδήρεον οὐρανὸν ἵκει [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; θεοὶ. ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν τε καὶ εὐνομίην ἐφορῶντες[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; joined with ὀλιγωρίη, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: predicated of actions, ἆρ᾽ οὐχ ὕβρις τάδ; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕβρει
in wantonness or
insolence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ὕβριν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
lust, lewdness, opposed to σωφροσύνη, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
3) of animals,
violence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) ={ὕβρισμα},
an outrage (though it is frequently difficult to separate this concrete sense from the abstract), [
Refs 8th c.BC+] her
outrage towards, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κατ᾽ Ἀργείων (-ους codices [
Refs 5th c.BC+] towards him, [
Refs]:
plural,
wanton acts, outrages, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2)
an outrage on the person, especially
violation, rape, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) in Law, a term covering all
the more serious injuries done to the person, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) used of
a loss by sea, [
NT+5th c.BC+]
B) as
masculine, ={ὑβριστής},
a violent, overbearing man, κακῶν ῥεκτῆρα καὶ ὕβριν ἀνέρα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]