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γελαστής?

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration: gelastēs

Principal Part: γελαστής

Structure: γελαστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: from γελάω

Sense

  1. a laugher, sneerer

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γελαστής γελαστά γελασταί
Genitive γελαστοῦ γελασταῖν γελαστῶν
Dative γελαστῇ γελασταῖν γελασταῖς
Accusative γελαστήν γελαστά γελαστάς
Vocative γελαστά γελαστά 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)
  • "Ζεῦ πάτερ ἠδ ἄλλοι μάκαρες θεοὶ αἰὲν ἐόντες, δεῦθ, ἵνα ἔργα γελαστὰ καὶ οὐκ ἐπιεικτὰ ἴδησθε, ὡς ἐμὲ χωλὸν ἐόντα Διὸς θυγάτηρ Ἀφροδίτη αἰὲν ἀτιμάζει, φιλέει δ ἀίδηλον Ἄρηα, οὕνεχ ὁ μὲν καλός τε καὶ ἀρτίπος, αὐτὰρ ἐγώ γε ἠπεδανὸς γενόμην. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 33:1)

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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