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Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das WortMaeroris unica medicina oratio.

Menander, Sententiae, 452
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Greek Monolingual

ἐπισκώπτω (Α)
1. κοροϊδεύω, περιγελώ
2. παίζω, κάνω αστεία («χώρει... εἰς τοὺς εὐανθεῑς κόλπους... κἀπισκώπτων καὶ παίζων», Αριστοφ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + σκώπτω «εμπαίζω, κοροϊδεύω»].