Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀλαζόνευμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλαζόνευμα

Structure: ἀλαζονευματ (Stem)

Etym.: from a)lazoneu/omai

Sense

  1. an imposture, piece of quackery

Examples

  • ἄχθομαι ’γὼ πρέσβεσιν καὶ τοῖσ ταὧσι τοῖσ τ’ ἀλαζονεύμασιν. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 2:23)

Synonyms

  1. an imposture

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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