εἰρωνεύομαι

eironeuomai

feign ignorance

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 2
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489e1
489e3
Apology 1
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38a1
Cratylus 1
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384a1
Republic 1
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Book I 1
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337a6
Sophist 1
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268b3
Symposium 1
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216e4

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.

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