Ἀλαζών
boaster, imposter
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Feb 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a wanderer. So Alkaios [sc. uses the word].1 But Plato [says] a)lazo/nes meaning liars.2
Ora)lazw/n , [meaning] one who boasts and holds an opinion of himself greater than he deserves.3
"But he used to vaunt himself to each of those who approached, fashioning his claims from probabilities."4
Or
"But he used to vaunt himself to each of those who approached, fashioning his claims from probabilities."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλαζών· ὁ ἀλώμενος. οὕτως Ἀλκαῖος. Πλάτων δὲ ἀλαζόσιν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ψεύσταις. ἢ Ἀλαζών, ὁ μείζονα τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἀξίας κομπάζων καὶ φρονῶν. ὁ δὲ πρὸς ἕκαστον τῶν προσιόντων ἠλαζονεύετο, συμπλάττων ἀπὸ τῶν εἰκότων.
Betacode
*)alazw/n: o( a)lw/menos. ou(/tws *)alkai=os. *pla/twn de\ a)lazo/sin, a)nti\ tou= yeu/stais. h)\ *)alazw/n, o( mei/zona th=s e(autou= a)ci/as kompa/zwn kai\ fronw=n. o( de\ pro\s e(/kaston tw=n prosio/ntwn h)lazoneu/eto, sumpla/ttwn a)po\ tw=n ei)ko/twn.
Notes (4)
- See also alpha 1057, and cf. alpha 1056.
- 1Alkaios/Alcaeus [the comic poet: alpha 1274] fr. 31 Kock., now 37 Kassel-Austin. ↩
- 2Plato, Phaedo 92D (web address 1); dative plural, reproduced here. ↩
- 3From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 269 (web address 2). ↩
- 4Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 347 Zintzen (203 Asmus), using the related verb; cf. epsiloniota 89. ↩
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.
- 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…
- 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]…
- ει89Εἰκότωνprobable [things][Meaning] similar [ones]. "But he, if anything happened, made false claims to each person who approached, inventing them on the basis of probabilities." That is, [he] told lies. And [there is] a proverb: "at random for…
- ει207Εἴρωνdissembler[Meaning] one who is able to do something while saying he is not able; but an a)lazw/n ["braggart"] is the opposite to this, an arrogant man; [sc. that is the] distinction. "He did not see him exceeding the truth in…
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