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.
- καὶ οὐκ ἐπάτησαν αὐτὸν υἱοὶ ἀλαζόνων, οὐ παρῆλθεν ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ λέων. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 28:8)
- ὦ Πολιάσ, ἐλθέ μοι κατὰ τῶν ἀλαζόνων σύμμαχοσ ἀναμνησθεῖσα ὁπόσα ἐπιορκούντων ὁσημέραι ἀκούεισ αὐτῶν· (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 21:3)
- 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)
- ὅτι θεοὶ οὔτ’ εἰσίν, εἴ τε καὶ εἰσίν, οὐκ ἐπιμελοῦνται ἀνθρώπων οὐδὲ κοινόν τι ἡμῖν ἐστι πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ τό τ’ εὐσεβὲσ τοῦτο καὶ ὅσιον παρὰ τοῖσ πολλοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ λαλούμενον κατάψευσμά ἐστιν ἀλαζόνων ἀνθρώπων καὶ σοφιστῶν ἢ νὴ Δία νομοθετῶν εἰσ φόβον καὶ ἐπίσχεσιν τῶν ἀδικούντων. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 23:2)
- ὕπερ δὲ Ἀλαζόνων οἰκέουσι Σκύθαι ἀροτῆρεσ, οἳ οὐκ ἐπὶ σιτήσι σπείρουσι τὸν σῖτον ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ πρήσι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 17 2:1)
