The corpus record

καταγέλασ-τος

katagelastos

ridiculous, absurd

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Where it lives

Lysis 6 · 8.63/10k
Cleitophon 1 · 6.46/10k
Hippias Major 5 · 5.92/10k
Euthydemus 5 · 4.02/10k
Gorgias 8 · 3.04/10k
Theages 1 · 2.88/10k
Crito 1 · 2.4/10k
Apology 2 · 2.29/10k
Sophist 3 · 1.87/10k
Epistles 3 · 1.77/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Laches 1 · 1.3/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταγέλασ-τος · katagelas-tos — LSJ

ridiculous, absurd, ridiculous

ridiculous, absurd, κ. εἶ Ar. Nu. 849; ὦ καταγέλαστʼ Id. Ra. 480; κ. δῆτʼ ἔσει . . ἔχων Id. Th. 226; Πέρσας ποιῆσαι κ. γενέσθαι Ἕλλησι ridiculous in their eyes, Hdt. 8.100, cf. Pl. Ap. 35b; of things, κ. τὸ χρῆμα γίγνεται Id. Grg. 485a; φοβοῦμαι οὔ τι μὴ γελοῖα εἴπω ἀλλὰ μὴ καταγέλαστα Id. Smp. 189b, cf. Epicur. Nat. 28.5, etc.: c. gen., τῆς ἀλλαγῆς because of . . , Max.Tyr. 2.3: Comp., Pl. Ep. 314a: Sup., Isoc. 10.9, 15.56, Pl. Plt. 296d. Adv. -τως X. Mem. 1.7.2, Pl. Lg. 781c, Aeschin. 1.31, D.

In the wild

καταγέλαστος · katagelastos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1237)
καταγέλαστοι · katagelastoi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.7 (DIORISIS sentence 6853)
καταγελάστους · katagelastous Herodotus, Histories 8.100.4 (DIORISIS sentence 9015)
καταγέλαστος · katagelastos Plato, Apology 28
καταγέλαστον · katagelaston Plato, Apology 35
καταγέλαστον · katagelaston Plato, Cleitophon 410

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