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εἴρων

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Full diacritics: εἴρων Medium diacritics: εἴρων Low diacritics: είρων Capitals: ΕΙΡΩΝ
Transliteration A: eírōn Transliteration B: eirōn Transliteration C: eiron Beta Code: ei)/rwn

English (LSJ)

ωνος, ὁ, ἡ,

   A dissembler, one who says less than he thinks, Ar.Nu. 449, etc.; opp. ἀληθευτικός, Arist.EN1124b30, Thphr.Char.1.1; opp. ἀλαζών, Arist.EN1108a23; ἀλώπηξ εἴ. τῇ φύσει Philem.89.6; ὁ εἴ. ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἀλαζόνος εἶδος Phld.Vit.p.38J.; εἴ. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Luc.Anach. 18, cf. Cic.Off.1.30.108, J.BJ1.26.2.

German (Pape)

[Seite 735] ωνος, ὁ, der sich anders ausspricht, als er es meint; sagt, daß er Etwas nicht könne, was er kann; bei Arist. Eth. 4, 13 dem ἀλαζών entgeggstzt, der mehr scheinen will, als er ist; Beides Extreme zu ἀληθής, vgl. B. A. p. 243, 20. Bei Philem. Stob. flor. 2, 27 vom Fuchs, im Ggstz von αὐθέκαστος.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

εἴρων: -ωνος, ὁ, ὁ ἄλλα μὲν φρονῶν, ἄλλα δὲ λέγων, κρυψίνους, Λατ. dissimulator, ἀντίθετον τῷ ἀληθὴς κατ’ Ἀριστ. ἐν Ἠθ. Ν. 4. 7, 3· καὶ τῷ ἀλαζὼν αὐτόθι 2. 7, 12· ἀλώπηξ εἴρων τῇ φύσει Φιλήμ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 3. 6· εἴρων ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Λουκ. Ἀνάχ. 18· πρβλ. Κικ. Off. 1. 30.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ωνος (ὁ) :
qui interroge en feignant l’ignorance ; dissimulé.
Étymologie: ἔρομαι.