Ἀλαζονεία
boastfulness
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Translation
[Meaning] arrogance.1
Polybius [writes]: "for most of them displayed an unfortunate emulation of the boastfulness and bad timing of the others."2
But in the Apostlea)lazo/nas should be understood as "those who boast in what they do not have, as if they had [them]."3
And Josephus [writes]: "for they were boasting as if the burning of the city were a blessing."4
Polybius [writes]: "for most of them displayed an unfortunate emulation of the boastfulness and bad timing of the others."2
But in the Apostle
And Josephus [writes]: "for they were boasting as if the burning of the city were a blessing."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλαζονεία· ὑπερηφανία. Πολύβιος· τοῖς γὰρ πλείστοις ὑπεγεγόνει τις ζῆλος οὐκ εὐτυχὴς ἐκ τῆς τῶν ἄλλων ἀλαζονείας καὶ ἀκαι- ρίας. παρὰ δὲ τῷ Ἀποστόλῳ τοὺς ἐφ' οἷς οὐκ ἔχουσιν αὐχοῦντας, ὡς ἔχοντας, ἀλαζόνας νοητέον. καὶ Ἰώσηπος· ἦν γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἀλαζονεία, ὡς ἐπ' ἀγαθοῖς καιομένης τῆς πόλεως.
Betacode
*)alazonei/a: u(perhfani/a. *polu/bios: toi=s ga\r plei/stois u(pegego/nei tis zh=los ou)k eu)tuxh\s e)k th=s tw=n a)/llwn a)lazonei/as kai\ a)kai- ri/as. para\ de\ tw=| *)aposto/lw| tou\s e)f' oi(=s ou)k e)/xousin au)xou=ntas, w(s e)/xontas, a)lazo/nas nohte/on. kai\ *)iw/shpos: h)=n ga\r au)toi=s a)lazonei/a, w(s e)p' a)gaqoi=s kaiome/nhs th=s po/lews.
Notes (4)
- LSJ entry at web address 1.↩
- 1Same gloss, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1347). ↩
- 2Polybius 11.8.4; more fully at zeta 58. ↩
- 3Oikoumenios (PG 118, 343d) on Ep.Romans 1.30; and see note at phi 508. (For
a)lazo/nes , cf. alpha 1057 and alpha 1058.) ↩- 4Josephus, Jewish War 6.364. The passage in full is: "For the latter (the rebels) showed no remorse for their evils, but rather bragged of them as blessings. Indeed, when they beheld the city burning..." (see web address 2).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- α1055Ἀλαζονεύεσθαιto brag, to make false pretensions.[Used] with a genitive.
- α1057Ἀλαζώνboaster, imposter[Meaning one who is] deceitful, arrogant, false. [So called] from living a wandering life (e)n a)/lh| zh=n). Also [sc. attested is] a)lazonoxaunoflu/aros, [meaning] a drunkard and babbler. Or a)lazw/n, [meaning someone]…
- α1058Ἀλαζώνboaster, imposter[Meaning] a wanderer. So Alkaios [sc. uses the word]. But Plato [says] a)lazo/nes meaning liars. Or a)lazw/n, [meaning] one who boasts and holds an opinion of himself greater than he deserves. "But he used to vaunt…
- α1065Ἀλανείαimposture[a)lanei/a means the same as] a)lazonei/a.
- ε383Ἐκ γειτόνωνfrom neighbors, in the neighborhood"From the neighborhood of pride he escapes the adjacent [quality of] arrogance." ["Adjacent"] meaning "neighboring."
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