[Meaning] to talk about oneself; that is [sc. speaking] with arrogance.[1]
*periautologei=n: peri\ e(autou= le/gein: toute/sti meta\ u(perhfani/as.
The headword is the present active infinitive of the late compound verb
periautologe/w (which specific form is unattested),
I speak about myself; see generally LSJ s.v. If it is extracted from somewhere specific, C3-4 instances include
Porphyrius,
Epistula ad Anebonem 1.4b.1, and
Iamblichus,
de mysteriis 2.10.4.
The related abstract noun
periautologia is attested somewhat earlier, notably in
Plutarch; besides numerous instances in the
Moralia, note his attribution of an immoderate degree of this to
Cicero (
Comp.Cic.Dem. 2).
[1] The headword is identically glossed in
Photius'
Lexicon (pi642 Theodoridis) and the
Synagoge. The gloss at
Lexica Segueriana 337.18 is the same except for the infinitive, which is
lalei=n:
to prattle about oneself.
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