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γελᾰσ-ῖνος

gelasinos · ὁ

laugher, the grinners, the front teeth

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What it meant — LSJ

laugher

laugher, of Democritus, Ael. VH 4.20: fem. γελασίνη Anaxandr. 25.

II the grinners, the front teeth

οἱ γ. (sc. ὀδόντες) the grinners, i.e. the front teeth, which show when one laughs, Poll. 2.91.

2 dimples, dimples in the hinder parts

mostly pl., dimples, which appear in the cheeks when persons laugh, Mart. 7.25 (sg.), Choerob. in An.Ox. 2.188; also of dimples in the hinder parts, Alciphr. 1.39, AP 5.34 (Rufin.).

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