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Headword: Ἠλαζονεύετο
Adler number: eta,189
Translated headword: was bragging, was making false pretensions
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Meaning [he/she/it] was deceiving.[1] Aristophanes [writes] in Frogs: "he was bragging, so that I would be frightened; knowing that I am warlike, as he loves honor."[2]
Greek Original:
Ἠλαζονεύετο: ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐψεύδετο. Ἀριστοφάνης Βατράχοις: ἠλαζονεύεθ', ἵνα φοβηθείην ἐγώ, εἰδώς με μάχιμον ὄντα, φιλοτιμούμενος.
Notes:
[1] Imperfect of ἀλαζονεύομαι , third person singular; cf. alpha 1055.
[2] Aristophanes, Frogs 280 (web address 1); quoted again at mu 304.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 8 August 2006@20:10:31.
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David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 9 August 2006@03:39:32.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 29 April 2009@22:04:42.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 30 April 2009@02:56:11.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticule) on 30 April 2009@09:28:53.
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