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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

  • μισῶ γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἤδη τοὺσ ἀλαζόνασ ἀμούσουσ ὄντασ, ὑπὲρ τῶν Μουσῶν ἀγανακτῶν κεραυνοῦ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 22:5)
  • οὕτωσ γὰρ ἂν μάθοισ οὕστινασ ἀπεκήρυττον καὶ κακῶσ ἠγόρευον ἀλαζόνασ καὶ γόητασ ἀποκαλῶν, καί μοι μόνον τοῦτο παραφυλάττετε, εἰ ἀληθῆ περὶ αὐτῶν ἐρῶ. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 29:4)
  • τοὺσ δὲ ἀλαζόνασ ἐκείνουσ καὶ θεοῖσ ἐχθροὺσ ἄξιον οἶμαι μισεῖν. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 37:4)
  • τοὺσ ἀλαζόνασ τοὺσ ὠχριῶντασ τοὺσ ἀνυποδήτουσ λέγεισ, ὧν ὁ κακοδαίμων Σωκράτησ καὶ Χαιρεφῶν. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 4:15)
  • Γέρων, φαλακρόσ, τριβώνιον ἔχων πολύθυρον, ἅπαντι ἀνέμῳ ἀναπεπταμένον καὶ ταῖσ ἐπιπτυχαῖσ τῶν ῥακίων ποικίλον, γελᾷ δ̓ ἀεὶ καὶ τὰ πολλὰ τοὺσ ἀλαζόνασ τούτουσ φιλοσόφουσ ἐπισκώπτει. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. braggart

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