εἰρωνικός

eironikos

dissembling

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Sophist 2
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268c8
268a7
Euthydemus 1
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302b3
Laws 1
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908e2
Lovers 1
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133d8
Symposium 1
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218d6

Dictionary (LSJ)

εἰρωνικός, ή, όν, A. dissembling: hence, hollow, insincere, Pl. Sph. 268a; τὸ εἰ. εἶδος Id. Lg. 908e; εἰρωνικόν τι ὑπομειδιάσας Hld. 10.14. Adv. -κῶς mockingly, Ar. V. 174, Pl. Smp. 218d, etc.

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