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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">who suggests not to know what he does</b> (Ar., Arist.; cf. the description in Thphr. Char. 1, 1).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">εἰρωνικός</b> <b class="b2">like an εἴρων</b> (Pl.; vgl. Fournier Les verbes "dire" 88); denomin. verb <b class="b3">εἰρωνεύομαι</b> <b class="b2">suggest to be ε.</b> (Att., Arist.) with <b class="b3">εἰρωνεία</b> <b class="b2">feign not to know, irony</b> (Att., hell.; cf. Büchner Hermes 76, 339ff.), <b class="b3">εἰρωνεύματα</b> pl. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Max. Tyr.), <b class="b3">εἰρωνευτής</b> = <b class="b3">εἴρων</b> (Timo) and <b class="b3">εἰρωνευτικός</b> (Sch.); also <b class="b3">εἰρωνίζω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Philostr. VS 7, 1; v. h).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Subst.-individual. fomation in <b class="b3">-ων</b> (Chantr. Form. 161, s. also Hoffmann Münch. Stud. z. Sprachwiss. 6, 35ff.) from an unknown basis. Solmsen connected Unt. 263 <b class="b3">εἴρω</b> [[say]] as "one who for fear (only) says (without meaning it)"; from present? By Prellwitz EtWb. taken as "one who asks" from <b class="b3">εἴρομαι</b> [[ask]].

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