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ἀλᾱζών

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλᾱζών ἀλᾱζόνος

Structure: ἀλᾱζων (Stem)

Etym.: a)/lh

Sense

  1. wanderer around the country, vagrant
  2. (particularly of Sophists) charlatan, quack
  3. braggart, boaster

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ^ τὸν σοφιστὴν λέγεισ, τὸν ἀλαζόνα, ὃσ ἐνομοθέτει μήτε κρεῶν γεύεσθαι μήτε κυάμουσ ἐσθίειν, ἥδιστον ἐμοὶ γοῦν ὄψον ἐκτράπεζον ἀποφαίνων, ἔτι δὲ πείθων τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ὡσ πρὸ τοῦ Πυθαγόρου Εὔφορβοσ γένοιτο; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 4:5)
  • "ἐν τοιαύτῃ τοίνυν ἑορτῇ καὶ ἱερομηνίᾳ ὁ τότε γελάσασ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ ἐκεῖνοσ ἐπὶ τῷ ὑποβολιμαίῳ Πυθαγόρᾳ ἰδὼν προσιόντα τὸν κατάπτυστον καὶ ἀλαζόνα, τὸν τῶν ἀλλοτρίων λόγων ὑποκριτήν ἐτύγχανε δὲ καὶ τὸν τρόπον ἀκριβῶσ εἰδὼσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ἀσέλγειαν καὶ μιαρίαν τοῦ βίου καὶ ἃ ποιεῖν ἐλέγετο καὶ ἃ ποιῶν κατείληπτο ^ Ὥρα ἡμῖν,’ ἔφη πρόσ τινα τῶν ἑταίρων, ’ ἐκτρέπεσθαι τὸ δυσάντητον τοῦτο θέαμα, ὃσ φανεὶσ ἐοίκε τὴν ἡδίστην ἡμέραν ἀποφράδα ἡμῖν ποιήσειν. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 5:16)
  • ἐκεῖνόν φημι τὸν ἀλαζόνα, ὃν κάκιστα ἐπίδοιμι ἀπολούμενον, ἑλκόμενον τοῦ πώγωνοσ ὑπὸ δημίου. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:10)
  • παἶ αὐτὸν ἐπέχων τῷ ξύλῳ τὸν ἀλαζόνα. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, iambics9)
  • Οἰεί γὰρ τὸν ποιμένα ἐκεῖνον,τὸν ἀλαζόνα, ὑγιέσ τι περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰδέναι; (Lucian, Saturnalia, 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. braggart

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