εἴρων

A. dissembler, one who says less than he thinks, Ar. Nu. 449, etc.; opp. ἀληθευτικός, Arist. EN 1124b30, Thphr. Char. 1.1; opp. ἀλαζών, Arist. EN 1108a23; ἀλώπηξ εἴ. τῇ φύσει Philem. 89.6; ὁ εἴ. ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἀλαζόνος εἶδος Phld. Vit. p.38J.; εἴ. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Luc. Anach. 18, cf. Cic. Off. 1.30.108, J. BJ 1.26.2.