The corpus record

καταπαίζω

katapaizo

jest, mock at

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Where it lives

Jeremias 2 · 0.72/10k
Regnorum IV 1 · 0.58/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

καταπαίζω · katapaizō — LSJ

jest, mock at

jest, mock at, c. gen., καταπαίζεις ἡμῶν Ar. Fr. 166, cf. LXX 4 Ki. 2.23, AP 5.39 (Nicarch.); τῶν δογματικῶν S.E. P. 1.62: c. acc., D.L. 2.136.

2 deceive

deceive, ἕκαστος κατὰ τοῦ φίλου -παίξεται LXX Je. 9.5(4).

Med. in sense of Act., ἐπί τινι πράξει τινῶν κ. Hdn. Fig. p.92S.

In the wild

καταπαίζων · katapaizōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 2174)
κατέπαιζόν · katepaizon Septuaginta, Jeremias 2
καταπαίξεται · katapaixetai Septuaginta, Jeremias 9
κατέπαιζον · katepaizon Septuaginta, Regnorum IV 2

Where it came from

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