The corpus record

γελωτο-ποιός

gelotopoios

exciting laughter, ridiculous

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Where it lives

Symposium 3 · 3.15/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

exciting laughter, ridiculous

exciting laughter, ridiculous, A. Fr. 180.2; βωμολοχίαι Procop. Arc. 9.

II jester, buffoon

as Subst., jester, buffoon, X. An. 7.3.33, Smp. 1.11, Pl. R. 620c.

= βατράχιον II (because it produced a wry face), Ps.-Dsc. 2.175.

In the wild

γελωτοποιός · gelōtopoios Epictetus, Discourses 1.29 (DIORISIS sentence 1703)
γελωτοποιῶν · gelōtopoiōn Plato, Republic 10.606 (DIORISIS sentence 6123)
γελωτοποιοῦ · gelōtopoiou Plato, Republic 10.620 (DIORISIS sentence 6373)
γελωτοποιοί · gelōtopoioi Xenophon, Anabasis 7.3.33 (DIORISIS sentence 3346)
γελωτοποιὸς · gelōtopoios Xenophon, Symposium 1.11 (DIORISIS sentence 25)
γελωτοποιός · gelōtopoios Xenophon, Symposium 1.13 (DIORISIS sentence 31)

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Where it came from

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