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)

1. arrogance, haughtiness, presumption

   also a rare spelling: αλαζονία f (alazonía)

Declension

Declension of αλαζονεία

	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, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• αλαζονεία - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], Centre for the Greek language