LOGOI

The corpus record

κᾰχ-άζω

kachazo

laugh aloud

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What it meant — LSJ

laugh aloud, jeer, mock, ha! ha!ʼ)

laugh aloud, S. Ichn. 348, Ar. Ec. 849, Anacreont. 31.29, Luc. DMeretr. 6.3; ἐπί τινι at one, Eub. 8, Luc. Am. 23; μέγα κατά τινος Theoc. l.c.; jeer, mock, ἁπάντων καγχαζόντων γλώσσαις S. Aj. l.c. (Prob. onomatopoeic, by dissim. fr. χὰ χά ‘ha! ha!ʼ)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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