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γελωτοποιός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γελωτοποιός

Structure: γελωτοποι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ge/lws, poie/w

Sense

  1. exciting laughter, a jester, buffoon

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα ὑπερήδιστον ἦν, φιλόσοφοσ ἀνὴρ γελωτοποιῷ ἀνταιρόμενοσ καὶ παίων καὶ παιόμενοσ ἐν τῷ μέρει. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 19:3)
  • τούτῳ δὲ ὅσα καὶ γελωτοποιῷ χρῶνται. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 18:4)
  • Φιλίππῳ μὲν γὰρ ἐδόκει τῷ γελωτοποιῷ τὸ αὐτόκλητον ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἐλθεῖν γελοιότερον εἶναι τοῦ κεκλημένον· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 16:27)

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

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