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

  • οὐκοῦν τὸν μὲν ἁπλοῦν μιμητήν τινα, τὸν δὲ εἰρωνικὸν μιμητὴν θήσομεν; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 312:3)
  • τούτων δὴ πολλὰ μὲν εἴδη γένοιτ’ ἄν, τὰ δὲ νόμων ἄξια θέσεωσ δύο, ὧν τὸ μὲν εἰρωνικὸν οὐχ ἑνὸσ οὐδὲ δυοῖν ἄξια θανάτοιν ἁμαρτάνον, τὸ δὲ νουθετήσεωσ ἅμα καὶ δεσμῶν δεόμενον. (Plato, Laws, book 10 145:2)

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

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