τυφόω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τῦφος (tûphos, “smoke”) + -όω (-óō); literally "to fill with smoke".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tyː.pʰó.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tyˈpʰo.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tyˈɸo.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tyˈfo.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tiˈfo.o/
Verb
τῡφόω • (tūphóō)
- to delude, especially
- to "puff up" with pride, arrogance, insolence, etc.
Usage notes
Usually used in the past perfect tense ("to have been deluded" or "puffed up with pride") to describe a present state ("to be demented" or "prideful, arrogant, insolent, etc.").
References
- τυφόω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τυφόω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τυφόω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette