επιτωθάζω

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γέλως τὰ σεμνὰ τοῦ βίου τοῖς σώφροσιν → pompous things in life make men of sound mind laugh (Menander)

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Greek Monolingual

ἐπιτωθάζω (Α)
1. αστειεύομαι, σκώπτω, χαριεντίζομαι («τοὺς μορμολυττομένους τὸν θάνατον καὶ (πράως) ἐπιτωθάζων», Πλάτ.)
2. περιγελώ, χλευάζω, περιπαίζω («ἐπιτωθάζων τὸ γεγονός», Αθήν.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + τωθάζω «κοροϊδεύω»].