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καταγελάω

katagelao

laugh, jeer at

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Where it lives

Against Alcibiades 2 1 · 16.64/10k
Enchiridion 4 · 8.07/10k
Job 8 · 6/10k
Euthyphro 3 · 5.8/10k
On the Accession of Alexander 1 · 5.6/10k
Laches 4 · 5.21/10k
Hippias Major 4 · 4.74/10k
Against Simon 1 · 4.59/10k
Against Phaenippus 1 · 4.51/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Acharnians 3 · 4.22/10k
Against Alcibiades 1 1 · 4.15/10k

Densest 12 of 72 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταγελάω · katagelaō — LSJ

laugh, jeer at, laugh scornfully, mock

laugh, jeer at, c. gen., Hdt. 5.68, Ar. Ach. 1081, And. 4.29, Pl. Grg. 482d: also c. dat., Hdt. 3.37, 4.79, al.: abs., laugh scornfully, mock, E. IA 372 (troch.), Ar. Eq. 161, X. An. 1.9.13, Pl. Prt. 319c, D. 21.151; ἅπαντες καταγελῶσιν, ὅταν τις . . Epicur. Nat. 28.9; ἐπί τινι Them. Or. 22.272b.

2 laugh down, deride, to be derided

c. acc., laugh down, deride, E. Ba. 286, LXX Si. 7.11:—Pass., to be derided, ὑπό τινος A. Ag. 1271, Ar. Ach. 680; καταγελάμενος (Dor. pres. part. Pass.) ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων IG 4.951.123 (Epid.); τὸ εὔηθες καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη Th. 3.83; τὸ καταγελᾶσθαι γὰρ πολὺ αἴσχιόν ἐστι Men. Epit.Fr. 7, cf. Pl. Euthphr. 3c, al.

In the wild

καταγελωμένην · katagelōmenēn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1269–1276
καταγελᾶσθαι · katagelasthai Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 504)
καταγελᾷς · katagelais Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 821)
καταγελῶν · katagelōn Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 848)
καταγελᾷς · katagelais Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 1027)
καταγελῶμεν · katagelōmen Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 93)

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