Εἰρωνεύσεται
will dissemble
Translated by Catharine Roth30 Jun 2005Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[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.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἰρωνεύσεται· καθυποκρινεῖται. λέγεται γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ διάπειραν λαμβάνοντος ὑπούλως καὶ καθυποκρινομένου τὸν μὴ γινώσκοντα περὶ ὅτου ποτὲ τὸν λόγον ποιῆσαι.
Betacode
*ei)rwneu/setai: kaqupokrinei=tai. le/getai ga\r e)pi\ tou= dia/peiran lamba/nontos u(pou/lws kai\ kaqupokrinome/nou to\n mh\ ginw/skonta peri\ o(/tou pote\ to\n lo/gon poih=sai.
Notes
- Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere but is not otherwise attested) is future of
ei)rwneu/omai , third person singular.
cf. epsiloniota 206, epsiloniota 208.
Linked from3 entries
- ει206Εἴρωνdissembler[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…
- 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,…
- ει210Εἰρωνείαdissimulation, irony[Meaning] jesting, or pretense. It is divided into 5 [kinds]: into joking, sneering, sarcasm, mock-modesty.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 26 Nov 2012
- expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- added a keyword; cosmetic — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth