γέλοιος
γέλοιος or
γελοῖσς,
α,
ον,
A). mirth-provoking, amusing, once in
Hom.,
Il. 2.215 (in Ep. form
γελοίϊος)
; χρῆμα Archil. 79 , cf.
Hdt. 8.25 ;
Αἰσώπου τι γ. Ar. V. 566 , cf.
1259 ;
γελοῖα jests,
Thgn. 311 ;
γέλοια λέγειν Anaxandr. 10 ,
Alex. 183 ; opp.
σπουδαῖος,
X. Cyr. 2.3.1 ,
Pl. Lg. 816d ;
τοῦ ἀληθοῦς ἕνεκα, οὐ τοῦ γ. Id. Smp. 215a ;
τὸ γ. the
comic,
Arist. Po. 1449a34 , al.;
τὰ γ. ἡδέα Id. Rh. 1371b35 ; of persons,
facetious,
μισῶ γελοίους E. Fr. 492 ;
ἡδὺς καὶ γ. Aeschin. 1.126 ;
γ. ἐστι καὶ βούλεται Pl. Smp. 213c . Adv.
-οίως Id. Cri. 53d .
II). ludicrous, absurd,
Ζεὺς γ. ὀμνύμενος τοῖς εἰδόσιν Ar. Nu. 1241 ;
γ. ἔσομαι αὐτοσχεδιάζων Pl. Phdr. 236d ;
γ. ἰατρός, διδάσκαλος,
Id. Prt. 340c ,
R. 392d ;
ἐπὶ τὸ -ότερον ὅμοιος a
caricature,
Arist. Top. 117b17 , cf.
Po. 1449a36 ; of arguments, etc.,
paradoxical,
Pl. Prt. 355a ,
Tht. 158e , etc. Adv.
-οίως, ἔχειν Id. R. 528d , cf.
Arist. Mete. 362b12 .—In
Smp. 189b ,
Pl. confines
γ. to signf.
1 ,
γ. εἰπεῖν ἀλλὰ μὴ καταγέλαστα.( Att.
γέλοιος A.D. Pron. 50.5 , but
γελοῖος Ael.Dion. Fr. 101 , and so cod. R in
Ar. Ach. 1058 ,
Nu. 1241 . Some Gramm. expl.
γέλοιος, =
γέλωτος ἄξιος, γελοῖος , =
γελωτοποιός , Ammon.
p.38V. ,
EM 224.43 ; others reversely,
Et.Gud., etc.:
Suid. gives both views.
Phlp. ap.
Eust. 906.53 wrote
γελοιός, =
γελωτοποιός .)
ShortDef
causing laughter, laughable
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
γέλοιος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
γελοιος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-21802
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">γέλοιος</span> or <span class="orth greek">γελοῖσς</span>, <span class="itype greek">α</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mirth-provoking, amusing</span>, once in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:215" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.215/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.215 </a> (in Ep. form <span class="foreign greek">γελοίϊος</span>) <span class="quote greek">; χρῆμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> 79 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.25 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Αἰσώπου τι γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:566" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:566/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 566 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1259" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1259/canonical-url/"> 1259 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">γελοῖα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jests</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 311 </span>; <span class="quote greek">γέλοια λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxandr.</span> 10 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 183 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">σπουδαῖος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:3:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.3.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:816d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:816d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 816d </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ ἀληθοῦς ἕνεκα, οὐ τοῦ γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:215a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:215a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 215a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ γ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">comic</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1449a:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1449a.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1449a34 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">τὰ γ. ἡδέα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1371b:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1371b.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1371b35 </a> ; of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">facetious</span>, <span class="quote greek">μισῶ γελοίους</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 492 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡδὺς καὶ γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.126 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γ. ἐστι καὶ βούλεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:213c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:213c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 213c </a> . Adv. <span class="quote greek">-οίως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:53d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:53d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cri.</span> 53d </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ludicrous, absurd</span>, <span class="quote greek">Ζεὺς γ. ὀμνύμενος τοῖς εἰδόσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1241" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1241/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1241 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γ. ἔσομαι αὐτοσχεδιάζων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:236d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:236d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 236d </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γ. ἰατρός, διδάσκαλος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:340c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:340c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 340c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:392d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:392d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 392d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ τὸ -ότερον ὅμοιος</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">caricature</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:117b:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:117b.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 117b17 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1449a:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1449a.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1449a36 </a>; of arguments, etc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">paradoxical</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:355a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:355a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 355a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:158e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:158e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 158e </a>, etc. Adv. <span class="quote greek">-οίως, ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:528d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:528d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 528d </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:362b:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:362b.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 362b12 </a>.—In <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 189b </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> </span> confines <span class="foreign greek">γ.</span> to signf. <span class="bibl"> 1 </span>, <span class="foreign greek">γ. εἰπεῖν ἀλλὰ μὴ καταγέλαστα</span>.( Att. <span class="quote greek">γέλοιος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg001:50:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg001:50.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pron.</span> 50.5 </a> , but <span class="quote greek">γελοῖος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1323.tlg001:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1323.tlg001:101/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.Dion.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 101 </a> , and so cod. R in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1058" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1058/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 1058 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1241" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1241/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1241 </a>. Some Gramm. expl. <span class="foreign greek">γέλοιος,</span> = <span class="ref greek">γέλωτος ἄξιος, γελοῖος</span> , = <span class="ref greek">γελωτοποιός</span> , Ammon.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:p.38V" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:p.38V/canonical-url/"> p.38V. </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:224:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:224.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 224.43 </a>; others reversely, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Et.Gud.</span>, etc.: <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span> </span> gives both views. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phlp.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:906:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:906.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 906.53 </a> wrote <span class="foreign greek">γελοιός,</span> = <span class="ref greek">γελωτοποιός</span> .)</div> </div><br><br>'}