ἀλαζών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

It matches Thracian Ἀλαζών (Ἀlazón) exactly, perhaps an appellative, or it may be a cultural loanword from Akkadian 𒀀𒇻𒍣𒉡 aluzinnu, 'boastful, clownish fraud, most times pretending or claiming to possess medical skills or knowledge.' From Sumerian 𒀩𒍪 alanzu, 'clown.'

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.laːz.dɔ̌ːn/ → /a.laˈzon/ → /a.laˈzon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.laːz.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.laˈzon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.laˈzon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.laˈzon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.laˈzon/

Noun

ᾰ̓λᾱζών • (alāzṓn) m or f (genitive ᾰ̓λᾱζόνος); third declension

1. wanderer around the country, vagrant
2. (particularly of Sophists) charlatan, quack
   • 519 BCE – 422 BCE, Cratinus, Collected Works 380
   • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 102
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Charmides 173c
3. braggart, boaster
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.2.12
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 4.1127a.21

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ ᾰ̓λᾱζών; τοῦ, τῆς ᾰ̓λᾱζόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ ᾰ̓λᾱζών ho, hē alāzṓn	τὼ ᾰ̓λᾱζόνε tṑ alāzóne	οἱ, αἱ ᾰ̓λᾱζόνες hoi, hai alāzónes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς ᾰ̓λᾱζόνος toû, tês alāzónos	τοῖν ᾰ̓λᾱζόνοιν toîn alāzónoin	τῶν ᾰ̓λᾱζόνων tôn alāzónōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ ᾰ̓λᾱζόνῐ tôi, têi alāzóni	τοῖν ᾰ̓λᾱζόνοιν toîn alāzónoin	τοῖς, ταῖς ᾰ̓λᾱζόσῐ / ᾰ̓λᾱζόσῐν toîs, taîs alāzósi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν ᾰ̓λᾱζόνᾰ tòn, tḕn alāzóna	τὼ ᾰ̓λᾱζόνε tṑ alāzóne	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓λᾱζόνᾰς toùs, tā̀s alāzónas
Vocative	ᾰ̓λᾱζών alāzṓn	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνε alāzóne	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνες alāzónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Adjective

ᾰ̓λᾱζών • (alāzṓn) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓λᾱζών); third declension

1. boastful, pretentious

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓λᾱζών; ᾰ̓λᾱζόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓λᾱζών alāzṓn	ᾰ̓λᾱζόν alāzón		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνε alāzóne	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνε alāzóne		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνες alāzónes	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνᾰ alāzóna
Genitive		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνος alāzónos	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνος alāzónos		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνοιν alāzónoin	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνοιν alāzónoin		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνων alāzónōn	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνων alāzónōn
Dative		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνῐ alāzóni	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνῐ alāzóni		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνοιν alāzónoin	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνοιν alāzónoin		ᾰ̓λᾱζόσῐ / ᾰ̓λᾱζόσῐν alāzósi(n)	ᾰ̓λᾱζόσῐ / ᾰ̓λᾱζόσῐν alāzósi(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνᾰ alāzóna	ᾰ̓λᾱζόν alāzón		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνε alāzóne	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνε alāzóne		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνᾰς alāzónas	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνᾰ alāzóna
Vocative		ᾰ̓λᾱζών alāzṓn	ᾰ̓λᾱζόν alāzón		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνε alāzóne	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνε alāzóne		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνες alāzónes	ᾰ̓λᾱζόνᾰ alāzóna
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓λᾱζόνως alāzónōs			ᾰ̓λᾱζονέστερος alāzonésteros			ᾰ̓λᾱζονέστᾰτος alāzonéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Old Latin: alāzōn

References

• “ἀλαζών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀλαζών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀλαζών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλαζών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G213 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible