μεγαλαυχέω

A. boast, brag, A. Ag. 1528 (anap.), LXX Ez. 16.50, Ph. 1.284, AP 5.272 (Agath.); ἐπί τινι Plb. 12.13.10; ἐν ταῖς εὐπραγίαις Id. 8.21.11; διά τι D.S. 15.16:—also in Med., Pl. Alc. 1.104c, R. 395d; ἐπί τινι App. BC 1.13.

II. c.acc., boast of, μονομάχιον Id. Gall. 10.