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γελαστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γελαστής

Structure: γελαστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: from gela/w

Sense

  1. a laugher, sneerer

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γελαστής γελαστᾱ́ γελασταί
Genitive γελαστοῦ γελασταῖν γελαστῶν
Dative γελαστῇ γελασταῖν γελασταῖς
Accusative γελαστήν γελαστᾱ́ γελαστᾱ́ς
Vocative γελαστά γελαστᾱ́ γελασταί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐχ ὡσ γελαστήσ, Οἰδίπουσ, ἐλήλυθα, οὐδ’ ὡσ ὀνειδιῶν τι τῶν πάροσ κακῶν. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. a laugher

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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