Εἴρων
dissembler
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Jun 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[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,1 an arrogant man; [sc. that is the] distinction.
"He did not see him exceeding the truth in deed or word, either tending to the somewhat dissembling or the somewhat boastful."2
"He did not see him exceeding the truth in deed or word, either tending to the somewhat dissembling or the somewhat boastful."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἴρων· ὁ δυνάμενος μὲν ποιῆσαί τι, λέγων δὲ μὴ δύνασθαι· ἀλαζὼν δὲ ὁ τούτῳ ἐναντίος, ὁ ὑπερήφανος· διαφορά. οὐκ εἶδεν αὐτὸν παρεκβαίνοντα τὸ ἀληθὲς ἔργῳ ἢ λόγῳ, ἤτοι πρὸς τὸ εἰρωνικώτερον ἢ ἀλαζονέστερον.