And thus it is likely that [??] is derived from [??] 'vessel' and 'expensive, precious' (Sokoloff: "[...;
etym. unkni]").
I answer that, Pride [superbia] is so called because a man thereby aims higher [supra] than he is; wherefore Isidore says (
Etym. x): "A man is said to be proud, because he wishes to appear above (super) what he really is"; for he who wishes to overstep beyond what he is, is proud.
Etym. I,5,1: Grammatica est scientia recte loquendi, et origo et fundamentum liberalium litterarum ...; segundo J.
Etym. 19,32,6) lucentes, mea vita, nec smaragdos beryllos mihi, Flacce, nec nitentes nec percandida margarita quaero nec quos Thynica lima perpolivit amulos neque iaspios lapillos.