ὕβρις wantonness, wanton violence or insolence, Od., Hdt., etc.; of actions, ἆρʼ οὐχ ὕβρις τάδʼ; Soph.; ταῦτʼ οὐχ ὕβρις ἐστί; Ar.:—adv. usages, ὕβρει in wantonness or insolence, Soph.; ἐφʼ ὕβρει Eur.; διʼ ὕβριν Dem. of lewdness, opp. to σωφροσύνη. Theogn., Xen. of over-fed horses, riotousness, restiveness, Hdt., Pind. = ὕβρισμα, Hom.; sometimes like ὑβρίζω, foll. by a prep., Ἥρας μητέρʼ εἰς ἐμὴν ὕβρις her outrage towards . . , Eur.; ἡ κατʼ Ἀργείους ὕ. Soph.; ἡ πρὸς τοὺς δημότας ὕ. Hdt.; also c. gen. objecti, ὕ. τινός towards him, Hdt., etc.:—in pl. wanton acts, outrages, Hes., Eur., etc. an outrage on the person, violation, Pind., Attic in Attic law, ὕβρις comprehended all the more serious injuries done to the person, grievous assault, the slighter kind being αἰκία [ῑ]: hence ὕβρις was remedied by public indictment (γραφή), αἰκία by private action (δίκη). a loss, damage, NTest. as masc. = ὑβριστής, a violent, overbearing man, ὕβριν ἀνέρα Hes.