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ἀλαζών

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c
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Transliteration A: alazṓn Transliteration B: alazōn Transliteration C: alazon Beta Code: a)lazw/n

English (LSJ)

[ᾰλ], όνος, ὁ, ἡ, (ἄλη) prop.

   A wanderer about country, vagrant, Alc. Com.31.    II charlatan, quack, esp. of Sophists, Cratin.380, Ar.Nu.102, Pl.Chrm.173c, al.    2 braggart, boaster, X.Cyr.2.2.12, Arist.EN1127a21; title of play by Men.    3 Adj., boastful, pretentious, Hdt.6.12; ἀ. λόγοι Pl.R.560c: Comp. -έστερος Suid. s.v. εἴρων: Sup., ἡδονὴ ἀλαζονίστατον most shameless, Pl. Phlb.65c. Adv. Sup. -έστατα, δρω-ν Ael.NA4.29.

French (Bailly abrégé)

όνος (ὁ, ἡ)
I. propr. vagabond;
II. d’où 1 charlatan, imposteur;
2 glorieux, vantard, fanfaron.
Étymologie: ἀλάομαι.

Spanish (DGE)

-όνος

• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]

• Morfología: [sup. neutr. -έστατα Ael.NA 4.29; -ίστατον Pl.Phlb.65c; masc. -ίστατος D.Chr.55.20]
I 1fanfarrón, jactancioso, vanidoso, charlatán de pers. λόγων ἀλαζόνα Archil.63, cf. Hdt.6.12, Cratin.375, Pl.R.486b, X.Cyr.2.2.12, Mem.1.7.2, Arist.EN 1127a21, EE 1221a24, Men.Pc.268, Thphr.Char.23.1, Plb.38.7.1, Luc.Pisc.21, Herm.12, Plu.Per.12, LXX Ib.28.8, D.C.67.2, Chrys.M.57.227, de Sócrates y los sofistas, Ar.Nu.102, 449, 1492, Pl.Chrm.173c, del falso médico, Hp.Morb.Sacr.1.4, cf. ὁ δ' εἴρων ... ἀλαζόνος εἶδος Phld.Vit.21.38
de abstr. λόγοι Pl.R.560c, Philostr.VA 7.4, ἡδονή Pl.Phlb.65c, αὐθάδεια 1Ep.Clem.57.2, ἔπαινος Philostr.VS 582, τέχνη φίλαυτος καὶ ἀ. Philostr.VS 616, VA 7.16
Ἀλαζών El (soldado) fanfarrón tít. de una pieza anónima de la comedia nueva que Plauto imitó en el Miles Gloriosus Plaut.Mil.86
neutr. sup. plu. como adv. -έστατα δρῶν Ael.NA 4.29.
2 jactancioso c. idea de falsedad, Ar.Ach.109, 373, Eq.269, Ra.909
mentiroso, fingido de Odiseo, Pl.Hp.Mi.369e
de cosas vano, sin fruto στάχυς Plu.2.81b.
3 grandilocuente ἡ Ῥωμαίων φωνή Gr.Thaum.Pan.Or.1.40.
II vagabundo Alc.Com.37.

• Etimología: Prob. es el n. de un pueblo del S. de Rusia, los Ἀλαζῶνες Hdt.4.17, 52 (var.).

English (Strong)

from ale (vagrancy); braggart: boaster.

English (Thayer)

(ονος, ὁ, ἡ (ἄλη, wandering) (from Aristophanes on), an empty pretender, a boaster: Trench, § xxix.; Tittmann i., p. 73 f; Schmidt, chapter 172,2.)