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γέλως

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γέλως γέλωτος

Structure: γελωτ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gela/w

Sense

  1. laughter, (figuratively) waves

Declension

Third declension

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

  • ὃ δή σφεασ ὁππότε δαλοῖσ ὕδωρ αἰθομένοισιν ἐπιλλείβοντασ ἴδοντο Μηδείησ δμωαὶ Φαιηκίδεσ, οὐκέτ’ ἔπειτα ἴσχειν ἐν στήθεσσι γέλω σθένον, οἱᾶ θαμειὰσ αἰὲν ἐν Ἀλκινόοιο βοοκτασίασ ὁρόωσαι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 27:39)
  • γέλω δ’ ἑτάροισιν ἔτευχε. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 56:3)
  • ταὶ δ’ ἐκ μεγάροιο γυναῖκεσ ἠί̈σαν, αἳ μνηστῆρσιν ἐμισγέσκοντο πάροσ περ, ἀλλήλῃσι γέλω τε καὶ εὐφροσύνην παρέχουσαι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 1:5)
  • μνηστῆρσι δὲ Παλλὰσ Ἀθήνη ἄσβεστον γέλω ὦρσε, παρέπλαγξεν δὲ νόημα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 57:2)
  • ἰδοὺ γελῶ ὀνείδει καὶ οὐ λαλήσω. κεκράξομαι, καὶ οὐδαμοῦ κρίμα. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 19:7)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ ξένα ὀνόματα πολλὰ ἤδη ἀκούων οὔτε ὄντων τινῶν παρ’ ἡμῖν οὔτε συστῆναι ὅλωσ δυναμένων, πάνυ, ὦ Ζεῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοισ γελῶ. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 13:2)
  • ὡσ οὐ μέτριον ἀγῶνα καταγγέλλεισ τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ ἔγωγε πάλαι γελῶ κατ’ ἐμαυτὸν ἐννοῶν ποῖοσ ἂν εἰή συμβαλλόμενοσ παρασίτῳ φιλόσοφοσ. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 39:6)
  • ἥδομαι γὰρ καὶ γέγηθα καὶ πέπορδα καὶ γελῶ μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ γῆρασ ἐκδὺσ ἐκφυγὼν τὴν ἀσπίδα. (Aristophanes, Peace, Parodos, trochees29)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ γελῶ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue 2:12)

Synonyms

  1. laughter

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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