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Headword:
Alazôn
Adler number: alpha,1058
Translated headword: boaster, imposter
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a wanderer. So
Alkaios [sc. uses the word].[1] But
Plato [says]
a)lazo/nes meaning liars.[2]
Or
a)lazw/n, [meaning] one who boasts and holds an opinion of himself greater than he deserves.[3]
"But he used to vaunt himself to each of those who approached, fashioning his claims from probabilities."[4]
Greek Original:Alazôn: ho alômenos. houtôs Alkaios. Platôn de alazosin, anti tou pseustais. ê Alazôn, ho meizona tês heautou axias kompazôn kai phronôn. ho de pros hekaston tôn prosiontôn êlazoneueto, sumplattôn apo tôn eikotôn.
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Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; philosophy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 16 February 2001@22:57:39.
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