εἴρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related to εἴρω (eírō, “I speak”) or ἔρομαι (éromai, “I ask”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěː.rɔːn/ → /ˈi.ron/ → /ˈi.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěː.rɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ron/

Noun

εἴρων • (eírōn) m (genitive εἴρωνος); third declension

1. One who says less than they think, dissembler, pretender

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ εἴρων; τοῦ εἴρωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εἴρων ho eírōn	τὼ εἴρωνε tṑ eírōne	οἱ εἴρωνες hoi eírōnes
Genitive	τοῦ εἴρωνος toû eírōnos	τοῖν εἰρώνοιν toîn eirṓnoin	τῶν εἰρώνων tôn eirṓnōn
Dative	τῷ εἴρωνῐ tôi eírōni	τοῖν εἰρώνοιν toîn eirṓnoin	τοῖς εἴρωσῐ / εἴρωσῐν toîs eírōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν εἴρωνᾰ tòn eírōna	τὼ εἴρωνε tṑ eírōne	τοὺς εἴρωνᾰς toùs eírōnas
Vocative	εἴρων eírōn	εἴρωνε eírōne	εἴρωνες eírōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εἰρωνάδης (eirōnádēs)
• εἰρωνεία (eirōneía)
• εἰρώνευμα (eirṓneuma)
• εἰρωνεύομαι (eirōneúomai)
• εἰρωνευτής (eirōneutḗs)
• εἰρωνίζω (eirōnízō)
• εἰρωνικός (eirōnikós)

Coordinate Terms

• ἀλαζών (alazṓn, “charlatan, one who presents himself as more than he is”)
• ἀληθευτικός (alētheutikós, “truthful, authentic”)

References

• “εἴρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἴρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εἴρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἴρων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)