Εἴρων
dissembler
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Jun 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who makes fun of everything and is continually joking. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] ei)rwneuo/menos ["dissembling"] in speech; from the [verb] ei)/rw [which means] I speak. A cheat and a pretender.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἴρων· ὁ πάντα παίζων καὶ διαχλευάζων. καὶ εἰρωνευόμενος διὰ λόγων· παρὰ τὸ εἴρω τὸ λέγω. ἀπατεὼν καὶ ὑποκριτής.
Betacode
*ei)/rwn: o( pa/nta pai/zwn kai\ diaxleua/zwn. kai\ ei)rwneuo/menos dia\ lo/gwn: para\ to\ ei)/rw to\ le/gw. a)patew\n kai\ u(pokrith/s.
Notes
- This entry combines material from a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 449 (where the headword occurs: see web address 1) with etymological material from other lexicographical sources.
See also epsiloniota 207 (with the same headword), as well as related words at epsiloniota 208, epsiloniota 209, epsiloniota 210.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- ε2135Ἐπειρωνευόμενοςmaking an ironic remark[Meaning he] mocking, ridiculing. "He was brought before [the] Romans and killed. Simon did this, making an ironic remark [to the effect that] whether those against whom he had chosen to desert would come to his aid at…
- 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…
- ει208Εἰρωνευόμενοιdissembling, perplexing[Meaning they who are] jesting. "Perplexing all the nations with the intricacy of expressions and the deviousness of intention." Also [sc. attested is] ei)rwneu/etai ["he/she/it dissembles"], [meaning] plays a role,…
- ει209Εἰρωνεύσεταιwill dissemble[Meaning he/she/it] will play a role. For this is said in reference to one making a deceitful experiment and pretending to be a person who does not know how to speak concerning anything whatever.
- ει210Εἰρωνείαdissimulation, irony[Meaning] jesting, or pretense. It is divided into 5 [kinds]: into joking, sneering, sarcasm, mock-modesty.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Nov 2012
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- cosmeticules — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth