LOGOI

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γέλως

gelos · ὁ

laughter, laughter, ridiculous

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Where it lives

  • Ecclesiastes 4 · 8.84/10k
  • Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
  • Ajax 5 · 6.36/10k
  • James 1 · 5.85/10k
  • Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
  • Symposium 4 · 4.2/10k
  • Enchiridion 2 · 4.03/10k
  • Bacchae 3 · 3.99/10k
  • Heracles 3 · 3.83/10k
  • Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
  • Hippias Major 3 · 3.55/10k
  • Ion 3 · 3.28/10k

Densest 12 of 47 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

laughter, laughter, ridiculous, joke, laughter, laugh

laughter, γέλῳ ἔκθανον Od. 18.100; γέλω . . παρέχουσαι 20.8; ἄσβεστον γέλω (v.l. γέλον) ὦρσεν ib. 346; ἄσβεστος δʼ ἄρʼ ἐνῶρτο γέλως . . θεοῖσι Il. 1.599; γέλων δʼ ἑτάροισιν ἔτευχε Od. 18.350; γέλων δʼ ἔθηκε συνδείπνοις E. Ion 1172; γέλωτα ποιεῖν, μηχανᾶσθαι, κινεῖν, X. Cyr. 2.2.11 and 14, Smp. 1.14; παρασκευάζειν Pl. Lg. 669d; γέλων ξυντιθέναι, γέλωτα ἄγειν, S. Aj. 303, 382; γ. ἔχει τινά Od. 8.344; γ. ἂν γίγνοιτο Pl. Plt. 295e; γέλωτος καταρραγέντος Ath. 5.211c (so in Act., πολλοὺς κατέρρηξεν ἡμ

2

metaph. of waves, = γέλασμα, Opp. H. 4.334.

II occasion of laughter, food for laughter

occasion of laughter, food for laughter, γ. γίγνομαί τινι S. OC 902; ταῦτʼ οὐ γ. κλύειν ἐμοῦ; E. Ion 528; γέλωτά τινα τίθεσθαι Hdt. 3.29, 7.209; ἀποδεῖξαι Pl. Tht. 166a; εἰς γ. τρέπειν, ἐμβάλλειν, Th. 6.35, D. 10.75; ἐν γέλωτι ποιεῖσθαί τι Luc. Hist.Conscr. 32, etc.; γ. ἔσθʼ ὡς χρώμεθα τοῖς πράγμασι D. 4.25; ὅσα γὰρ . . , πλείων ἐστὶ γ. τοῦ μηδενός Id. 14.26.

III dimple

dimple in the hinder parts, Luc. Am. 14.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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