εἰρωνείᾱ
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
εἰρωνείᾱ
εἰρωνείᾱς
Structure:
εἰρωνει
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- hypocrisy, deception, especially a feigned ignorance
- An assumed appearance, pretext
Declension
First 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 Μενέλαοσ δὲ συνέμειξεν αὐτοῖσ καὶ παρεκάλει μετὰ πολλῆσ εἰρωνείασ τὸν Ἀντίοχον, οὐκ ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ τῆσ πατρίδοσ, οἰόμενοσ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ κατασταθήσεσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 13:3)
- 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)
- ἢ δὴ οὕτωσ δεῖ, ἢ μετ’ εἰρωνείασ, ὥσπερ Γοργίασ ἐποίει καὶ τὰ ἐν τῷ Φαίδρῳ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 7 11:6)
- παραβάλλειν δὲ ἢ ὅσα περὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἄμφω εἶπον, ἢ μὴ καταντικρύ "ἀλλ’ οὗτοσ μὲν τάδε περὶ τούτου, ἐγὼ δὲ ταδί, καὶ διὰ ταῦτα" , ἢ ἐξ εἰρωνείασ οἱο͂ν "οὗτοσ γὰρ τάδ’ εἶπεν, ἐγὼ δὲ ταδί" , καὶ "τὶ ἂν ἐποίει, εἰ τάδε ἔδειξεν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ταδί" , ἢ ἐξ ἐρωτήσεωσ "τί οὖν δέδεικται; (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 19 5:3)
- περὶ τὰ αὐτὰ δὲ σχεδόν ἐστι καὶ ἡ τῆσ ἀλαζονείασ <καὶ εἰρωνείασ> μεσότησ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 128:3)
