Ἀλαζών
boaster, imposter
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Feb 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who is] deceitful, arrogant, false. [So called] from living a wandering life (e)n a)/lh| zh=n ).1
Also [sc. attested is]a)lazonoxaunoflu/aros , [meaning] a drunkard and babbler.2
Ora)lazw/n , [meaning someone] living otherwise [a)/llws zw=n ], that is without purpose.3
But in a special sense they called liarsa)lazo/nes , since they claim to speak about what they do not know.4
Also [sc. attested is]
Or
But in a special sense they called liars
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλαζών· πλάνος, ὑπερήφανος, ψευδής. παρὰ τὸ ἐν ἄλῃ ζῆν. καὶ Ἀλαζονοχαυνοφλύαρος, ὁ μέθυσος καὶ λῆρος. ἢ Ἀλαζών, ἄλλως ζῶν, ὁ ἐστι ματαίως. ἰδίως δὲ ἀλαζόνας τοὺς ψεύστας ἐκάλουν, ἐπεὶ λέγειν ἐπαγγέλλονται περὶ ὧν μὴ ἴσασιν.
Betacode
*)alazw/n: pla/nos, u(perh/fanos, yeudh/s. para\ to\ e)n a)/lh| zh=n. kai\ *)alazonoxaunoflu/aros, o( me/qusos kai\ lh=ros. h)\ *)alazw/n, a)/llws zw=n, o( e)sti matai/ws. i)di/ws de\ a)lazo/nas tou\s yeu/stas e)ka/loun, e)pei\ le/gein e)pagge/llontai peri\ w(=n mh\ i)/sasin.
Notes (4)
- LSJ entry at web address 1.↩
cf. alpha 1056 and alpha 1058.- 1cf. Hesychius s.v. and (post-Suda) Etymologicum Magnum 55.42. The second synonym is in Photius and elsewhere. ↩
- 2Outside the Suda this compound is attested only in a fragment of the poet and parodist Archestratus of Gela (fr. 59.12 Brandt, nominative plural) preserved in Athenaeus. ↩
- 3So too in the Etymologicum Gudianum. ↩
- 4From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 102, where the word occurs (web address 2).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α1055Ἀλαζονεύεσθαιto brag, to make false pretensions.[Used] with a genitive.
- α1056Ἀλαζονείαboastfulness[Meaning] arrogance. Polybius [writes]: "for most of them displayed an unfortunate emulation of the boastfulness and bad timing of the others." But in the Apostle a)lazo/nas should be understood as "those who boast in…
- 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…
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