εἰρωνικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

εἴρων (eírōn, “someone who feigns ignorance”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.rɔː.ni.kós/ → /i.ro.niˈkos/ → /i.ro.niˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.rɔː.ni.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.ro.niˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ro.niˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ro.niˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ro.niˈkos/

Adjective

εἰρωνικός • (eirōnikós) m (feminine εἰρωνῐκή, neuter εἰρωνῐκόν); first/second declension

1. insincere, feigning ignorance

Declension

First and second declension of εἰρωνῐκός; εἰρωνῐκή; εἰρωνῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εἰρωνῐκός eirōnikós	εἰρωνῐκή eirōnikḗ	εἰρωνῐκόν eirōnikón		εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ	εἰρωνῐκᾱ́ eirōnikā́	εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ		εἰρωνῐκοί eirōnikoí	εἰρωνῐκαί eirōnikaí	εἰρωνῐκᾰ́ eirōniká
Genitive		εἰρωνῐκοῦ eirōnikoû	εἰρωνῐκῆς eirōnikês	εἰρωνῐκοῦ eirōnikoû		εἰρωνῐκοῖν eirōnikoîn	εἰρωνῐκαῖν eirōnikaîn	εἰρωνῐκοῖν eirōnikoîn		εἰρωνῐκῶν eirōnikôn	εἰρωνῐκῶν eirōnikôn	εἰρωνῐκῶν eirōnikôn
Dative		εἰρωνῐκῷ eirōnikôi	εἰρωνῐκῇ eirōnikêi	εἰρωνῐκῷ eirōnikôi		εἰρωνῐκοῖν eirōnikoîn	εἰρωνῐκαῖν eirōnikaîn	εἰρωνῐκοῖν eirōnikoîn		εἰρωνῐκοῖς eirōnikoîs	εἰρωνῐκαῖς eirōnikaîs	εἰρωνῐκοῖς eirōnikoîs
Accusative		εἰρωνῐκόν eirōnikón	εἰρωνῐκήν eirōnikḗn	εἰρωνῐκόν eirōnikón		εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ	εἰρωνῐκᾱ́ eirōnikā́	εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ		εἰρωνῐκούς eirōnikoús	εἰρωνῐκᾱ́ς eirōnikā́s	εἰρωνῐκᾰ́ eirōniká
Vocative		εἰρωνῐκέ eirōniké	εἰρωνῐκή eirōnikḗ	εἰρωνῐκόν eirōnikón		εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ	εἰρωνῐκᾱ́ eirōnikā́	εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ		εἰρωνῐκοί eirōnikoí	εἰρωνῐκαί eirōnikaí	εἰρωνῐκᾰ́ eirōniká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		εἰρωνῐκῶς eirōnikôs				εἰρωνῐκώτερος eirōnikṓteros				εἰρωνῐκώτᾰτος eirōnikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “εἰρωνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἰρωνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εἰρωνικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette