ἀλαζ-ονεία, ἡ,
false pretension, imposture, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 525a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.47, etc., compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1127a13, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 23; ὑπ᾽ ἀλαζονείας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 919: in _plural_, [prev. author] “Eq.” 290, 903, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.20] Refs 5th c.BC+]; boastfulness, [[ 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Persico” 1.11: _metaphorically_, ἀ. χορδῶν] Refs 6th c.AD+] their over-readiness to sound, opposed to ἐξάρνησις, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 531b] Refs 5th c.BC+]. [That penultimate is long appears from Ar.[same places], [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 737.]] Refs 4th c.BC+]