A.= κομπέω, boast, brag, A.Th.436, Ag.1671, etc.; “κ. μέγα” S.Aj.1122; “μάτην” E.Hipp.978; κ. ἐπί τινι speak big against . . , A.Th.480 (but also, boast of . . , Phld.Rh.1.24 S.): c. acc., κ. λόγον speak big words, A.Ag.1400, etc.; κ. γέρας boast one's office, Id.Eu.209; “οὐ πατρῴαν τὴν τέχνην ἐκόμπασας” S.El.1500: c. inf., boast that . . , A.Ag.1130, E.Ba.340; κ. ὡς . . X.Oec.10.3, Plu. Crass.18:—Pass., to be made a boast of, be renowned, “οὕνεκ᾽ ὄλβου” E.HF64; φόβος . . κομπάζεται fear is loudly spoken, A.Th.500; τίνος δὲ . . παῖς πατρὸς κομπάζεται; of what father is he said to be the son? E.Alc.497.—Rare in early Prose, Lys.6.18,48, X.Smp.4.19, Oec. l.c.
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κομπάζω , fut. -άσομαι B.7.42:—