"εἰρωνεία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See εἰρωνεία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /eː.rɔː.něː.aː/, /i.roˈni.a/, /i.roˈni.a/, /eː.rɔː.něː.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /i.roˈni.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /i.roˈni.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /i.roˈni.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /i.roˈni.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From εἰρωνεύομαι (eirōneúomai, “to feign ignorance”, from εἴρων) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|εἰρωνεύομαι|-ῐ́ᾱ|pos1=from εἴρων|t1=to feign ignorance}} εἰρωνεύομαι (eirōneúomai, “to feign ignorance”, from εἴρων) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā) Head templates: {{grc-noun|εἰρωνείᾱς|f|first|head=εἰρωνείᾱ}} εἰρωνείᾱ • (eirōneíā) f (genitive εἰρωνείᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|εἰρωνείᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: εἰρωνείᾱ [canonical], eirōneíā [romanization], εἰρωνείᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ εἰρωνείᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ εἰρωνείᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ εἰρωνεῖαι [nominative, plural], τῆς εἰρωνείᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν εἰρωνείαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν εἰρωνειῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ εἰρωνείᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν εἰρωνείαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς εἰρωνείαις [dative, plural], τὴν εἰρωνείᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ εἰρωνείᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς εἰρωνείᾱς [accusative, plural], εἰρωνείᾱ [singular, vocative], εἰρωνείᾱ [dual, vocative], εἰρωνεῖαι [plural, vocative]
  1. hypocrisy, deception, especially a feigned ignorance
    Sense id: en-εἰρωνεία-grc-noun-bKJ1Equ0
  2. An assumed appearance, pretext
    Sense id: en-εἰρωνεία-grc-noun-7xAvWX4Q Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 29 44 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 28 45 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 27 45 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 57 23
  3. The act of sealioning.
    Sense id: en-εἰρωνεία-grc-noun-rfTP4EWG
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