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εἰρωνείᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰρωνείᾱ εἰρωνείᾱς

Structure: εἰρωνει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from ei)/rwn

Sense

  1. hypocrisy, deception, especially a feigned ignorance
  2. An assumed appearance, pretext

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative εἰρωνείᾱ εἰρωνείᾱ εἰρωνεῖαι
Genitive εἰρωνείᾱς εἰρωνείαιν εἰρωνειῶν
Dative εἰρωνείᾱͅ εἰρωνείαιν εἰρωνείαις
Accusative εἰρωνείᾱν εἰρωνείᾱ εἰρωνείᾱς
Vocative εἰρωνείᾱ εἰρωνείᾱ εἰρωνεῖαι

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

  • τῶν δὲ προδοτῶν ἀποδειλιασάντων ὁ μὲν Ἄρατοσ ἀνεχώρησε λεληθέναι νομίζων, ὁ δὲ Κλεομένησ εἰρωνείᾳ χρώμενοσ ἔγραψε πρὸσ αὐτόν, ὡσ δὴ παρὰ φίλου πυνθανόμενοσ ποῦ τῆσ νυκτὸσ ἐξέλθοι. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 4 2:1)
  • Ἡ μὲν οὖν εἰρωνεία δόξειεν ἂν εἶναι, ὡσ τύπῳ λαβεῖν, προσποίησισ ἐπὶ χεῖρον πράξεων καὶ λόγων, ὁ δὲ εἴρων τοιοῦτόσ τισ, οἱο͂σ προσελθὼν τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ ἐθέλειν λαλεῖν, οὐ μισεῖν· (Theophrastus, Characters, 1:1)
  • καταφρονητικὸν γὰρ ἡ εἰρωνεία. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 2 25:1)
  • ἔστι δ’ ἡ εἰρωνεία τῆσ βωμολοχίασ ἐλευθεριώτερον· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 18 7:2)
  • ὁ μὲν μέσοσ ἀληθήσ τισ καὶ ἡ μεσότησ ἀλήθεια λεγέσθω, ἡ δὲ προσποίησισ ἡ μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον ἀλαζονεία καὶ ὁ ἔχων αὐτὴν ἀλαζών, ἡ δ’ ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλαττον εἰρωνεία καὶ εἴρων <ὁ ἔχων>. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 87:1)

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