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διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σκώπτειν]] ([[Euripides | [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σκώπτειν]] ([[Euripides]], ''Cyclops''), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[χλευάζειν]], [[ἐπισκώπτειν]], [[τωθάζειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[κερτομεῖν]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:41, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. σκώπτειν (Euripides, Cyclops), Ar. and P. χλευάζειν, ἐπισκώπτειν, τωθάζειν, V. κερτομεῖν.
scoff at: use verbs given with acc.
insult: P. and V. ὑβρίζειν (εἰς, acc. or acc. alone), ἐφυβρίζειν (acc., dat. or εἰς, acc.) (rare P.); see insult.
laugh at: P. and V. γελᾶν (ἐπί, dat. or dat. alone), καταγελᾶν (gen.), ἐπεγγελᾶν (dat.), V. ἐγγελᾶν (dat. or κατά, gen.), διαγελᾶν (acc.), ἐγκατιλλώπτειν (dat.).
