ἀλαζονεία

alazoneia

false pretension, imposture

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 1
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525a2
Hippias Minor 1
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371a3
Phaedrus 1
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253e3
Republic 1
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Book VII 1
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531b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀλαζονεία, ἡ, A. false pretension, imposture, Pl. Grg. 525a, D. 22.47, etc., cf. Arist. EN 1127a13, Thphr. Char. 23; ὑπʼ ἀλαζονείας Ar. Ra. 919: in pl., Id. Eq. 290,903, Isoc. 12.20; boastfulness, Procop. Pers. 1.11 : metaph., ἀ. χορδῶν their over-readiness to sound, opp. ἐξάρνησις, Pl. R. 531b. [That penult. is long appears from Ar.ll. cc., Men. 737.]

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