εἰρωνεύομαι
εἰρων-εύομαι,
2). employ understatement, Polystr. p.15 W.
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to dissemble
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Headword (normalized):
εἰρωνεύομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ειρωνευομαι
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-31229
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">εἰρων-εύομαι</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feign ignorance</span>, so as to perplex, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1379b:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1379b.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1379b31 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρός τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:384a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:384a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 384a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:2:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:2.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Din.</span> 2.11 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">banter</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1275b:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1275b.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1275b27 </a>: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dissemble, shuffle</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1211 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:38a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:38a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 38a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg060.perseus-grc1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg060.perseus-grc1:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 60.18 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">employ understatement</span>, Polystr.<span class="bibl"> p.15 </span> W. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> trans., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">treat with sarcasm</span>, <span class="quote greek">τινά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2051.tlg001:1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2051.tlg001:1.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Him.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ecl.</span> 1.13 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}