1. ἐρεσχηλέω · ereschēleō — Beekes
to joke, tease
The corpus record
ἐρεσ-χηλέω
erescheleo
to joke, tease
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2. ἐρεσχηλέω · ereschēleō — Chantraine
(souvent avec la variante -χελέω « tenir des propos plaisants ou piquants » [par
3. ἐρεσχηλέω · ereschēleō — Frisk
necken
4. ἐρεσ-χηλέω · eres-chēleō — LSJ
talk lightly, to be jocular
Attestations
- ἐρεσχηλούσας · ereschēlousas Plato, Republic 8.545 (DIORISIS sentence 4770)
- ἐρεσχηλῶν · ereschēlōn Plato, Phaedrus 236 (DIORISIS sentence 189)
- ἐρεσχηλεῖ · ereschēlei Plato, Philebus 53
- ἐρεσχηλοῦντες · ereschēlountes Plato, Laws 885
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