εἰρωνεία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[dissimulation]], i.e. [[ignorance purposely affected]] to provoke or confoun danantagonist, a mode of argument used by Socrates against the Sophists, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>337a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1124b30</span>, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Acad.</span> 2.5.15</span>: generally, [[mock-modesty]], opp. [[ἀλαζονεία]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1108a22</span>; [[sarcasm]], <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>2.8</span>, al.; [[understatement]], <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.130</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[pretence]], [[assumption]], when a person at first appears willing, but then draws back, <span class="bibl">D.4.7</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ἡμετέραν βραδυτῆτα καὶ εἰρωνείαν</b> ib. 37. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> generally, [[dissembling]], <span class="bibl">Ph.1.345</span> (pl.), al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[pretext]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>5.452.23</span> (iv A.D.).</span>