γέλως · gelōs — LSJ
laughter, ridiculous, joke, laugh, occasion of laughter, food for laughter, dimple
The corpus record
γέλως
gelos · ὁ
laughter, ridiculous, joke, laugh, occasion of laughter, food for laughter, dimple
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Ecclesiastes 4 · 8.84/10k
- Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
- Ajax 5 · 6.36/10k
- Against Conon 2 · 6.31/10k
- James 1 · 5.85/10k
- Fourth Philippic 2 · 4.52/10k
- Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
- Symposium 4 · 4.2/10k
- Enchiridion 2 · 4.03/10k
- Bacchae 3 · 3.99/10k
- On the Navy-Boards 1 · 3.89/10k
- Heracles 3 · 3.83/10k
Densest 12 of 64 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
Attestations
- γέλως · gelōs Iliad 1.599
- γέλως · gelōs Odyssey 8.326
- γέλως · gelōs Odyssey 8.343
- γέλως · gelōs Odyssey 8.344
- γέλῳ · gelōi Odyssey 18.100
- γέλω · gelō Odyssey 18.350
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