The corpus record

γαργᾰλ-ίζω

gargalizo

tickle, titillate

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Where it lives

Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Philebus 1 · 0.57/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

tickle, titillate, feel tickling, irritation

tickle, titillate, Pl. Phlb. 47a, Epicur. Fr. 411; αὐτὸς αὑτὸν οὐθεὶς γ. Arist. Pr. 965a11:—Pass., γαργαλίζεσθαι μόνον ἄνθρωπον Id. PA 673a6, cf. EN 1150b22: also, generally, feel tickling or irritation, Pl. Phdr. 251c.

metaph., τὰ τὰς αἰσθήσεις γαργαλίζοντα ἡδέα Phld. Mus. p.33K., cf. Ph. 2.352; τὰ ὦτα γ. Aristid. Or. 34(50).16, cf. Luc. Cal. 21; also of pain, ἀλγηδὼν -ουσα Plu. Suav. 2.1088a:—Pass., γαργαλιζομένου τοῦ σώματος Plot. 6.7.34.

In the wild

γαργαλίζονται · gargalizontai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1150b (DIORISIS sentence 2432)
γαργαλίζεται · gargalizetai Plato, Phaedrus 251 (DIORISIS sentence 450)
γαργαλίζει · gargalizei Plato, Philebus 47
γαργαλιζομένου · gargalizomenou Plotinus, Enneads 6.7 (DIORISIS sentence 6071)

Where it came from

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