"εἴρων" meaning in Ancient Greek

See εἴρων in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ěː.rɔːn/, /ˈi.ron/, /ˈi.ron/, /ěː.rɔːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈi.ron/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈi.ron/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈi.ron/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈi.ron/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps related to εἴρω (eírō, “I speak”) or ἔρομαι (éromai, “I ask”). Etymology templates: {{unc|grc}} Uncertain Head templates: {{grc-noun|εἴρωνος|m|third}} εἴρων • (eírōn) m (genitive εἴρωνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|εἴρων|εἴρωνος}} Forms: eírōn [romanization], εἴρωνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ εἴρων [nominative, singular], τὼ εἴρωνε [dual, nominative], οἱ εἴρωνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ εἴρωνος [genitive, singular], τοῖν εἰρώνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν εἰρώνων [genitive, plural], τῷ εἴρωνῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν εἰρώνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς εἴρωσῐ [dative, plural], εἴρωσῐν [dative, plural], toîs eírōsi [dative, plural], toîs eírōsin [dative, plural], τὸν εἴρωνᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ εἴρωνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς εἴρωνᾰς [accusative, plural], εἴρων [singular, vocative], εἴρωνε [dual, vocative], εἴρωνες [plural, vocative]
  1. One who says less than they think, dissembler, pretender Derived forms: εἰρωνάδης (eirōnádēs), εἰρωνεία (eirōneía), εἰρώνευμα (eirṓneuma), εἰρωνεύομαι (eirōneúomai), εἰρωνευτής (eirōneutḗs), εἰρωνίζω (eirōnízō), εἰρωνικός (eirōnikós) Coordinate_terms: ἀλαζών (alazṓn) (english: charlatan, one who presents himself as more than he is), ἀληθευτικός (alētheutikós) (english: truthful, authentic)
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