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ἀγέλαστος

agelastos

not laughing, grave, gloomy

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Where it lives

Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k

What it meant

ἀγέλαστος · agelastos — LSJ

not laughing, grave, gloomy

not laughing, grave, gloomy, h.Cer. 200; ἀ. πρόσωπα βιαζόμενοι A. Ag. 794; of the orator Crassus, Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 5.30, cf. Vett.Val. 75.11: metaph., Σίβυλλα ἀγέλαστα φθεγγομένη Heraclit. 92; ἀ. φρήν A. Fr. 290; βίος Phryn.Com. 18; ἀ. πέτρα, stone at Eleusis on which Demeter sat, SIG 2587.183, Apollod. 1.5.1.

II not to be laughed at, not trifling

Pass., not to be laughed at, not trifling, ξυμφοραί A. Ch. 30, v.l. Od. 8.307.

In the wild

ἀγέλαστα · agelasta Aeschylus, Agamemnon 793–794
ἀγελάστοις · agelastois Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 27–31

Where it came from

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