ἀλᾱζών
Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀλᾱζών
ἀλᾱζόνος
Structure:
ἀλᾱζων
(Stem)
Sense
- wanderer around the country, vagrant
- (particularly of Sophists) charlatan, quack
- 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.
- "ἀλλὰ τῷ δεομένῳ τὸ οἰκεῖον προσαρμόττων κελεύω φιλολόγῳ μὲν ὑποκατακλίνεσθαι φιλομαθῆ, δυσκόλῳ δὲ πρᾶον ἀδολέσχῳ δὲ πρεσβύτῃ φιλήκοον νεανίσκον, τῷ δ’ ἀλαζόνι τὸν εἴρωνα τῷ δ’ ὀργίλῳ τὸν σιωπηλόν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 29:5)
- μετενόει δέ, ὅτι εἰσ λόγουσ ἠξίωσεν ἐλθεῖν ἀνδρὶ σκαιῷ τε καὶ ἀλαζόνι, ὡσ αὐτὸσ ἐνόμιζεν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 21:1)
- ἐὰν δὲ ἀγνοοῦντι καὶ ἀλαζόνι κατατρίψει περιάγων αὐτόν, ὁτὲ μὲν πρὸσ ἀνατολάσ, ὁτὲ δὲ πρὸσ δύσιν, ὁτὲ δὲ πρὸσ μεσημβρίαν ἕλκων, οὐδὲν αὐτὸσ εἰδώσ, ἀλλὰ εἰκάζων, καὶ πολὺ πρότερον αὐτὸσ ὑπὸ τοιούτων ἀλαζόνων πεπλανημένοσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 39:2)
- ἡγεῖτο δ’ αὐτῷ, εἰ νῷ ἔχεισ, πρῶτον μὲν ἀλήθεια, ἣν διώκειν αὐτὸν πάντωσ καὶ πάντῃ ἔδει ἢ ἀλαζόνι ὄντι μηδαμῇ μετεῖναι φιλοσοφίασ ἀληθινῆσ. (Plato, Republic, book 6 134:1)
- οἵτινεσ παραφρονήσαντεσ καὶ ἐκπλώσαντεσ ἐκ τοῦ νόου ἀνδρὶ Φωκαέι ἀλαζόνι, παρεχομένῳ νέασ τρεῖσ, ἐπιτρέψαντεσ ἡμέασ αὐτοὺσ ἔχομεν· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 12 4:2)
