εἰρωνεύομαι

eironeuomai

feign ignorance

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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

1127b31
Politics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 2 1275b22–1276a5

1275b27
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1378a30–1380a9

1379b30

Dictionary (LSJ)

εἰρωνεύομαι, A. feign ignorance, so as to perplex, Arist. Rh. 1379b31; πρός τινα Pl. Cra. 384a; πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτούς Din. 2.11; banter, Arist. Pol. 1275b27: generally, dissemble, shuffle, Ar. Av. 1211, Pl. Ap. 38a, D. 60.18. 2. employ understatement, Polystr.p.15 W. II. trans., treat with sarcasm, τινά Him. Ecl. 1.13.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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