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.
- ἤθη δὲ καὶ εἰρωνεῖαι ἐργάζονται, οἱο͂ν ὁπόσα Σωκράτην προσδιαλεγόμενον πεποίηκε καὶ ἀναδιδάσκοντα τοὺσ νέουσ, ὥσπερ αὐτὸν οὐκ εἰδότα, ἀλλ’ ἀναζητοῦντα μᾶλλον. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 14:1)
- 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)
