Sense

1. One who says less than they think, dissembler, pretender

Examples

• τὸν μὲν εἴρωνα πεδοῖ κατάβαλε· (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 1:16)
• καὶ ἄρξομαι πρῶτον ἀπὸ τῆσ εἰρωνείασ καὶ ὁριοῦμαι αὐτήν, εἶθ’ οὕτωσ τὸν εἴρωνα διέξειμι, ποῖόσ τίσ ἐστι καὶ εἰσ τίνα τρόπον κατενήνεκται· (Theophrastus, Characters, 5:1)
• "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)

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary