- εἴρων
- εἴρωνGrammatical information: m. f.Meaning: `who suggests not to know what he does' (Ar., Arist.; cf. the description in Thphr. Char. 1, 1).Derivatives: εἰρωνικός `like an εἴρων' (Pl.; vgl. Fournier Les verbes "dire" 88); denomin. verb εἰρωνεύομαι `suggest to be ε.' (Att., Arist.) with εἰρωνεία `feign not to know, irony' (Att., hell.; cf. Büchner Hermes 76, 339ff.), εἰρωνεύματα pl. `id.' (Max. Tyr.), εἰρωνευτής = εἴρων (Timo) and εἰρωνευτικός (Sch.); also εἰρωνίζω `id.' (Philostr. VS 7, 1; v. h).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Subst.-individual. fomation in -ων (Chantr. Form. 161, s. also Hoffmann Münch. Stud. z. Sprachwiss. 6, 35ff.) from an unknown basis. Solmsen connected Unt. 263 εἴρω `say' as "one who for fear (only) says (without meaning it)"; from present? By Prellwitz EtWb. taken as "one who asks" from εἴρομαι `ask'.Page in Frisk: 1,471
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.