εἴρων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps related to εἴρω (eírō, “I speak”) or ἔρομαι (éromai, “I ask”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěː.rɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ron/
Noun
εἴρων • (eírōn) m (genitive εἴρωνος); third declension
- One who says less than they think, dissembler, pretender
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- εἰρωνεία (eirōneía)
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)