Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εἰρωνικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰρωνικός εἰρωνική εἰρωνικόν

Structure: εἰρωνικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ei)/rwn

Sense

  1. dissembling, putting on a feigned ignorance

Examples

  • οἱάν πρόφασιν καθῆκεν, ὡσ εἰρωνικῶσ, ἵν’ αὐτὸν ἐκπέμψειασ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 4:46)
  • ὁ δὲ καὶ μάλα εἰρωνικῶσ εἶπε δύο· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 28:1)
  • καὶ οὗτοσ ἀκούσασ μάλα εἰρωνικῶσ καὶ σφόδρα ἑαυτοῦ τε καὶ εἰωθότωσ ἔλεξεν ὦ φίλε Ἀλκιβιάδη, κινδυνεύεισ τῷ ὄντι οὐ φαῦλοσ εἶναι, εἴπερ ἀληθῆ τυγχάνει ὄντα ἃ λέγεισ περὶ ἐμοῦ, καί τισ ἔστ’ ἐν ἐμοὶ δύναμισ δι’ ἧσ ἂν σὺ γένοιο ἀμείνων· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 500:1)
  • καὶ ὅσ, εἰρωνικῶσ πάνυ ἐπισχὼν ὥσ τι μέγα σκοπούμενοσ, εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, ἔστιν σοι Ζεὺσ πατρῷοσ; (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 409:4)
  • καὶ κελεύει μάλα εἰρωνικῶσ στέψαντασ αὐτὸν ἐρίῳ καὶ μύρον καταχέαντασ ἀφιέναι παῤ ἄλλουσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 9:5)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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