ἀλαζονεύομαι

alazoneuomai

make false pretensions, brag

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 7 1127a13–1127b32

1127b17
1127b21
Oeconomica 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 1344a8–22

1344a19

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀλαζονεύομαι, fut. -εύσομαι D. 36.41: (ἀλαζών): —A. make false pretensions, brag, Ar. Ra. 280, Lys. Fr. 73; of the Sophists, X. Mem. 1.7.5, etc.; περί τινος Eup. 146b, Isoc. 12.74; ἐπί τινι Aristipp. ap. D.L. 2.73. 2. feign, Pl. Hp.Mi. 371a; τὰ ἤθη ἀ. Arist. Oec. 1344a19.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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