The corpus record

ἀλαζ-ονεία

alazoneia · ἡ

false pretension, imposture

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Where it lives

Against the Sophists 1 · 7.55/10k
On the Peace 1 · 6.89/10k
Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Fragments 2 · 5.02/10k
Apollodorus Against Callipus 1 · 4.78/10k
1 John 1 · 4.7/10k
Machabaeorum IV 3 · 3.89/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 2 · 2.9/10k
Hippias Minor 1 · 2.3/10k
Knights 2 · 2.25/10k
Areopagiticus 1 · 2.19/10k
Against Androtion 1 · 1.83/10k

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀλαζ-ονεία · alaz-oneia — LSJ

false pretension, imposture, boastfulness, over-readiness

false pretension, imposture, Pl. Grg. 525a, D. 22.47, etc., cf. Arist. EN 1127a13, Thphr. Char. 23; ὑπʼ ἀλαζονείας Ar. Ra. 919: in pl., Id. Eq. 290, 903, Isoc. 12.20; boastfulness, Procop. Pers. 1.11 : metaph., ἀ. χορδῶν their over-readiness to sound, opp. ἐξάρνησις, Pl. R. 531b. [That penult. is long appears from Ar.ll. cc., Men. 737.]

In the wild

ἀλαζονείας · alazoneias Aristophanes, Frogs 919
ἀλαζονείαις · alazoneiais Aristophanes, Knights 290 (DIORISIS sentence 264)
ἀλαζονείαις · alazoneiais Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 651)
ἀλαζονείαν · alazoneian Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1
ἀλαζονεία · alazoneia Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1108a (DIORISIS sentence 553)
ἀλαζονείας · alazoneias Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1127a (DIORISIS sentence 1435)

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Where it came from

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