εἴρων

eiron

dissembler, one who says less than he thinks

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14

1233b39
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 7 1127a13–1127b32

1127b22
History of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 491b14–33

491b17
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 3 807a31–808b10

808a27
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10

1382b20

Dictionary (LSJ)

εἴρων, ωνος, ὁ, ἡ, A. dissembler, one who says less than he thinks, Ar. Nu. 449, etc.; opp. ἀληθευτικός, Arist. EN 1124b30, Thphr. Char. 1.1; opp. ἀλαζών, Arist. EN 1108a23; ἀλώπηξ εἴ. τῇ φύσει Philem. 89.6; ὁ εἴ. ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἀλαζόνος εἶδος Phld. Vit.p.38J.; εἴ. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Luc. Anach. 18, cf. Cic. Off. 1.30.108, J. BJ 1.26.2.

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