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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

  • ἐμοὶ μὲν οὖν ἀλαζόνεσ τινὲσ ἐδόκουν ἀπὸ τούτων καὶ ἠνιώμην ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ πώγωνοσ ὁμοιότητι. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 11:12)
  • ἐπιτριβεῖεν δ̓ οὖν ἀλαζόνεσ ὄντεσ· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:3)
  • τοὺσ γόητασ δὲ καὶ οὐδὲν ἡμῖν προσήκοντασ κακοὺσ κακῶσ ἐπιτρίψομεν, ὡσ μὴ ἀντιποιῶνται τῶν ὑπὲρ αὐτοὺσ ἀλαζόνεσ ὄντεσ. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 44:6)
  • ἐμοὶ δὲ δᾷδ’ ἐνεγκάτω τισ ἡμμένην, κἀγώ τιν’ αὐτῶν τήμερον δοῦναι δίκην ἐμοὶ ποιήσω, κεἰ σφόδρ’ εἴσ’ ἀλαζόνεσ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Episode 1:7)
  • "πῶσ γὰρ οὐκ ἀλαζόνεσ οἱ Σωκράτουσ λόγοι, μηδὲν αὐτοῦ εἰδέναι φάσκοντοσ ἀλλὰ μανθάνειν ἀεὶ καὶ ζητεῖν τἀληθέσ; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 184)

Synonyms

  1. braggart

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