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.
- θρασὺσ καὶ αὐθάδησ καὶ ἀλαζὼν λοιμὸσ καλεῖται, ὃσ δὲ μνησικακεῖ, παράνομοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 21:23)
- ὁ δὲ κατοιόμενοσ καὶ καταφρονητήσ, ἀνὴρ ἀλαζών, οὐθὲν μὴ περάνῃ, ὃσ ἐπλάτυνε καθὼσ ᾅδησ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὗτοσ ὡσ θάνατοσ οὐκ ἐμπιπλάμενοσ καὶ ἐπισυνάξει ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ εἰσδέξεται πρὸσ αὐτὸν πάντασ τοὺσ λαούσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 2:5)
- ὁ μὲν ταῦτα φήσει, ἀλαζὼν καὶ ἀρχαῖοσ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ καὶ Κρονικὸσ ἄνθρωποσ, νεκροὺσ εἰσ μίμησιν παλαιοὺσ προτιθεὶσ καὶ ἀνορύττειν ἀξιῶν λόγουσ πάλαι κατορωρυγμένουσ ὥσ τι μέγιστον ἀγαθόν, μαχαιροποιοῦ υἱὸν καὶ ἄλλον Ἀτρομήτου τινὸσ γραμματιστοῦ ζηλοῦν ἀξιῶν, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν εἰρήνῃ μήτε Φιλίππου ἐπιόντοσ μήτε Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐπιτάττοντοσ, ὅπου τὰ ἐκείνων ἴσωσ ἐδόκει χρήσιμα, οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὁποία νῦν κεκαινοτόμηται ταχεῖα καὶ ἀπράγμων καὶ εἰσ τὸ εὐθὺ τῆσ ῥητορικῆσ ὁδόσ. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 10:1)
- σὺ μὲν ἀλαζὼν εἶ μέγασ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 4:13)
- ἕτεροσ ἀλαζὼν οὗτοσ ἐσκηρύττεται. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 5:3)
