Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ^ οὐ γὰρ τοῖσ τυχοῦσι θηρίοισ προσπολεμῆσαι δεήσει με, ἀλλ’ ἀλαζόσιν ἀνθρώποισ καὶ δυσελέγκτοισ, ἀεί τινασ ἀποφυγὰσ εὑρισκομένοισ, ὥστε ἀναγκαῖοσ ὁ Ἔλεγχοσ. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 17:9)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ τοῖσ διὰ τῶν εἰκότων τὰσ ἀποδείξεισ ποιουμένοισ λόγοισ σύνοιδα οὖσιν ἀλαζόσιν, καὶ ἄν τισ αὐτοὺσ μὴ φυλάττηται, εὖ μάλα ἐξαπατῶσι, καὶ ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἅπασιν. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 596:1)
  • φοβοῦμαι, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, μὴ ὥσπερ ἀνθρώποισ ἀλαζόσιν λόγοισ τισὶν τοιούτοισ ψευδέσιν ἐντετυχήκαμεν περὶ τοῦ φίλου. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 175:1)

Synonyms

  1. braggart

Related

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION