εἴρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related to εἴρω (eírō, “I speak”) or ἔρομαι (éromai, “I ask”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

εἴρων • (eírōn) m (genitive εἴρωνος); third declension

  1. One who says less than they think, dissembler, pretender

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ εἴρων; τοῦ εἴρωνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ εἴρων
ho eírōn		 τὼ εἴρωνε
tṑ eírōne		 οἱ εἴρωνες
hoi eírōnes
Genitive τοῦ εἴρωνος
toû eírōnos		 τοῖν εἰρώνοιν
toîn eirṓnoin		 τῶν εἰρώνων
tôn eirṓnōn
Dative τῷ εἴρωνῐ
tôi eírōni		 τοῖν εἰρώνοιν
toîn eirṓnoin		 τοῖς εἴρωσῐ / εἴρωσῐν
toîs eírōsi(n)
Accusative τὸν εἴρωνᾰ
tòn eírōna		 τὼ εἴρωνε
tṑ eírōne		 τοὺς εἴρωνᾰς
toùs eírōnas
Vocative εἴρων
eírōn		 εἴρωνε
eírōne		 εἴρωνες
eírōnes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • εἰρωνάδης (eirōnádēs)
  • εἰρωνεία (eirōneía)
  • εἰρώνευμα (eirṓneuma)
  • εἰρωνεύομαι (eirōneúomai)
  • εἰρωνευτής (eirōneutḗs)
  • εἰρωνίζω (eirōnízō)
  • εἰρωνικός (eirōnikós)

References
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