The corpus record

χᾰριεντ-ίζομαι

charientizomai

to be witty, jest

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Where it lives

Apology 3 · 3.43/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

χᾰριεντ-ίζομαι · charient-izomai — LSJ

to be witty, jest, to jest

to be witty, jest, Ar. Fr. 166, Pl. R. 436d; σπουδῇ χ. to jest in earnest, Id. Ap. 24c; χ. ἐν οὐ χαρίεντι καιρῷ D.H. Lys. 14, cf. 13.—Late in Act., Procop. Arc. 9.

2 make a charming use of

χ. ἐξ ἀναφορᾶς make a charming use of . . Demetr. Eloc. 141.

In the wild

χαριεντίζεται · charientizetai Plato, Apology 24
χαριεντιζομένου · charientizomenou Plato, Apology 27
χαριεντίζεσθαι · charientizesthai Plato, Apology 27
χαριεντίζοιτο · charientizoito Plato, Republic 4.436 (DIORISIS sentence 2544)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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