The corpus record

διαγελάω

diagelao

laugh at, mock

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Where it lives

Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

διαγελάω · diagelaō — LSJ

laugh at, mock

laugh at, mock, τινά E. Ba. 272, 322, X. An. 2.6.26, J. AJ 16.7.6, Phld. Piet. 110, Plu. Col. 2.1118c; τῶν ἰαμάτων τινὰ δ. ὡς ἀπίθανα ἐόντα IG 4.951.35 (Epid.): abs., Luc. Pseudol. 16.

2 look bright

intr., look bright, of the weather, Thphr. HP 8.2.4, CP 1.2.8; δ. ἡ ἡμέρα Procop. Aed. 1.1; of water, Plu. Frig. 2.950b, cf. Caes. 4.

In the wild

διαγελῶντος · diagelōntos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9277)
διαγγελῇ · diangelēi New Testament, Romans 9.17 (DIORISIS sentence 251)
διαγγελῇ · diangelēi Septuaginta, Exodus 9
διαγελᾶν · diagelan Xenophon, Anabasis 2.6.26 (DIORISIS sentence 1050)

Where it came from

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