εἰρωνικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
εἴρων (eírōn, “someone who feigns ignorance”) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eː.rɔː.ni.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.ro.niˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.ro.niˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.ro.niˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.ro.niˈkos/
Adjective
εἰρωνικός • (eirōnikós) m (feminine εἰρωνῐκή, neuter εἰρωνῐκόν); first/second declension
- insincere, feigning ignorance
Declension
First and second declension of εἰρωνῐκός; εἰρωνῐκή; εἰρωνῐκόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | εἰρωνῐκός eirōnikós | εἰρωνῐκή eirōnikḗ | εἰρωνῐκόν eirōnikón | εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ | εἰρωνῐκᾱ́ eirōnikā́ | εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ | εἰρωνῐκοί eirōnikoí | εἰρωνῐκαί eirōnikaí | εἰρωνῐκᾰ́ eirōniká | |||||
Genitive | εἰρωνῐκοῦ eirōnikoû | εἰρωνῐκῆς eirōnikês | εἰρωνῐκοῦ eirōnikoû | εἰρωνῐκοῖν eirōnikoîn | εἰρωνῐκαῖν eirōnikaîn | εἰρωνῐκοῖν eirōnikoîn | εἰρωνῐκῶν eirōnikôn | εἰρωνῐκῶν eirōnikôn | εἰρωνῐκῶν eirōnikôn | |||||
Dative | εἰρωνῐκῷ eirōnikôi | εἰρωνῐκῇ eirōnikêi | εἰρωνῐκῷ eirōnikôi | εἰρωνῐκοῖν eirōnikoîn | εἰρωνῐκαῖν eirōnikaîn | εἰρωνῐκοῖν eirōnikoîn | εἰρωνῐκοῖς eirōnikoîs | εἰρωνῐκαῖς eirōnikaîs | εἰρωνῐκοῖς eirōnikoîs | |||||
Accusative | εἰρωνῐκόν eirōnikón | εἰρωνῐκήν eirōnikḗn | εἰρωνῐκόν eirōnikón | εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ | εἰρωνῐκᾱ́ eirōnikā́ | εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ | εἰρωνῐκούς eirōnikoús | εἰρωνῐκᾱ́ς eirōnikā́s | εἰρωνῐκᾰ́ eirōniká | |||||
Vocative | εἰρωνῐκέ eirōniké | εἰρωνῐκή eirōnikḗ | εἰρωνῐκόν eirōnikón | εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ | εἰρωνῐκᾱ́ eirōnikā́ | εἰρωνῐκώ eirōnikṓ | εἰρωνῐκοί eirōnikoí | εἰρωνῐκαί eirōnikaí | εἰρωνῐκᾰ́ eirōniká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εἰρωνῐκῶς eirōnikôs | εἰρωνῐκώτερος eirōnikṓteros | εἰρωνῐκώτᾰτος eirōnikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “εἰρωνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εἰρωνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εἰρωνικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette