The corpus record

ἐκγελάω

ekgelao

laugh out, laugh loud

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Where it lives

Esdras II 2 · 1.69/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Psalmi 3 · 0.88/10k
Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ἐκγελάω · ekgelaō — LSJ

laugh out, laugh loud, gurgling

laugh out, laugh loud, ἡδὺ δʼ ἄρʼ ἐκγελάσας μετεφώνεε Od. 16.354, 18.35, cf. X. Cyr. 1.3.9, etc. ; γέλωτι ὥσπερ κῦμα ἐ. Pl. R. 473c ; ἐάν τις κνήσῃ, ἐ. Arist. Pr. 965a24 : metaph. of a liquid that rushes out with a gurgling sound, ἐκγελᾷ φόνος E. Tr. 1176.

In the wild

ἐκγελᾷ · ekgelai Euripides, Trojan Women *(eka/bh (DIORISIS sentence 586)
ἐκγελάσας · ekgelasas Odyssey 16.354
ἐκγελάσας · ekgelasas Odyssey 18.35
ἐκγελῶν · ekgelōn Plato, Republic 5.473 (DIORISIS sentence 3378)
ἐξεγέλασαν · exegelasan Septuaginta, Esdras II 12
ἐξεγέλα · exegela Septuaginta, Esdras II 13

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Where it came from

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