ὕβρις

ὕβρις [ῠ by nature, [pron. full] ῡ by position in [dialect] Ep. etc.], ἡ, gen. εως Ar.Lys. 425, Th.465 (lyr.), εος Id.Pl.1044, Eub.67.9, [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. ιος Hes.Op. 217, Hdt.1.189:—

A wanton violence, arising from the pride of strength or from passion, insolence, freq. in Od., mostly of the suitors,

μνηστήρων, τῶν ὕ. τε βίη τε σιδήρεον οὐρανὸν ἵκει 15.329

, 17.565;

μνηστῆρες ὑπέρβιον ὕ. ἔχοντες 1.368

, 4.321;

λίην γὰρ ἀτάσθαλον ὕ. ἔχουσι 16.86

, cf.Alc.Supp.27.10;

ὕβρει εἴξαντες Od.14.262

, 17.431; θεοὶ . . ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν τε καὶ εὐνομίην ἐφορῶντες ib.487;

δίκη ὑπὲρ ὕβριος ἴσχει Hes.

l.c., cf. Archil.88, IG12.394 (vi B. C.), 42(1).122.98 (Epid., iv B. C.); joined with ὀλιγωρίη, Hdt.1.106;

δυσσεβίας μὲν ὕβρις τέκος A.Eu.533

(lyr.);

ἐπιθυμίας . . ἀρξάσης ἐν ἡμῖν τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕ. ἐπωνομάσθη Pl.Phdr. 238a

; in Poets freq. joined with κόρος (v. κόρος (A) 2): predicated of actions,

ἆρ' οὐχ ὕβρις τάδ'; S.OC883

;

ταῦτ' οὐχ ὕβρις δῆτ' ἐστίν; Ar.Nu.1299

, cf. Ra.21, Pl.886;

ὕβρις τάδ' ἐστί, κρείσσω δαιμόνων εἶναι θέλειν E.Hipp.474

; ὕβρει in wantonness or insolence, S.El.881, Pl.Ap.26e;

ἐφ' ὕβρει E.Or.1581

, D.21.38, PCair.Zen.462.9 (iii B. C.), etc.;

δι' ὕβριν D.21.42

;

διὰ τὴν ὕ. X.HG2.2.10

;

πρὸς ὕβριν Plu. Alc.37

, etc.

2 lust, lewdness, opp. σωφροσύνη, Thgn.379, X.Cyr. 8.4.14.

3 of animals, violence, Hdt.1.189;

ὕβρις ὀρθία κνωδάλων Pi.P.10.36

, cf. N.1.50 (v.

ὑβρίζω 1.2

);

ἡ ἐκ τοῦ χαλινοῦ ὕ. D.Chr.63.5

.

II = ὕβρισμα, an outrage (though it is freq. difficult to separate this concrete sense from the abstract), Il.1.203, 214;

ὕβριν τεῖσαι Od. 24.352

;

ὑπὸ γυναικὸς ἄρχεσθαι ὕ. ἐσχάτη Democr.111

, cf. Xenoph.1.17: sts., like ὑβρίζω, folld. by a Prep., Ἥρας μητέρ' εἰς ἐμὴν ὕβρις her outrage towards . . , E.Ba.9; ἡ κατ' Ἀργείων (-ους codd.Priscian.)

ὕ. S.Fr.368

;

ἡ πρὸς τοὺς δημότας ὕ. Hdn.2.4.1

: c. gen. objecti, ὕ. τινός towards him, Id.1.8.4, etc.: pl., wanton acts, outrages, Hes.Op.146, E.Ba.247, HF741, Pl.Lg.884a, etc.:—for ὕβριν ὑβρίζειν, cf.

ὑβρίζω 11.2

.

2 an outrage on the person, esp. violation, rape, Pi.P.2.28, Lys. 1.2, etc.;

παίδων ὕβρεις καὶ γυναικῶν αἰσχύνας Isoc.4.114

, cf. Plb.6.8.5;

τὴν ὕ. τὴν εἰς τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα Aeschin.1.116

; τὴν τοῦ σώματος ὕβριν πεπρακώς ib.188; so τὸ σῶμα ἐφ' ὕβρει πεπρακώς ib.29;

γυναῖκας ἤγαγε δεῦρ' ἐφ' ὕβρει D.19.309

;

γυναικῶν ὕβρεις ἢ εἰς αὑτοὺς ἢ εἰς υἱεῖς Arist.Rh.1373a35

.

3 in Law, a term covering all the more serious injuries done to the person, Isoc.20.2, Aeschin. 1.15, D.37.33, 45.4; see esp. D.21 (against Meidias); ὁ τῆς ὕβρεως νόμος ib.35 (the text is given ib.47);

δίκη ὕβρεως ἢ πληγῶν PHal.1.115

(iii B. C.), cf. PHib.1.32.8 (iii B. C.), etc.

III used of a loss by sea, Pi. (v. ναυσίστονος), Act.Ap.27.21.

B as masc., = ὑβριστής, a violent, overbearing man,

κακῶν ῥεκτῆρα καὶ ὕβριν ἀνέρα Hes.Op.191

.