αλαζονεία
See also: ἀλαζονεία
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἀλαζονεία (alazoneía), from ἀλαζών (alazṓn, “vagrant; charlatan; pretentious”).
Also, a spelling ἀλαζονία (alazonía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.la.zoˈni.a/
- Hyphenation: α‧λα‧ζο‧νεί‧α
Noun
αλαζονεία • (alazoneía) f (plural αλαζονείες)
- arrogance, haughtiness, presumption
- also a rare spelling: αλαζονία f (alazonía)
Declension
declension of αλαζονεία
| case \ number | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | αλαζονεία • | αλαζονείες • | |
| genitive | αλαζονείας • | αλαζονειών • | |
| accusative | αλαζονεία • | αλαζονείες • | |
| vocative | αλαζονεία • | αλαζονείες • | |
| Usually in the singular. | |||
Related terms
- αλαζονικός (alazonikós, “arrogant”)
- and see: αλαζόνας (alazónas, “conceited”)
References
- αλαζονεία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- αλαζονεία - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language
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