χλευάζω
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
(χλεύη)
A jest, scoff, ἐπισκώπτων καὶ παίζων καὶ χ. Ar.Ra. 376 (lyr.); τοῖς καταγελῶσι καὶ χ. καὶ σκώπτουσι Arist.Rh.1379a29, cf. Plb.4.3.13, Cerc.18 ii 5, Phld.Lib.p.29 O., etc. 2 c. acc., scoff, jeer at, treat scornfully, τινα Pl.Erx.397d, D.7.7, 19.23, 47.34, D.C.Fr.109.16; ἐμαυτὴν . . λέληθα χλευάζουσ' Men.Epit.215; c. acc. rei, Plu.Rom.10, etc.:—Med., Id.Brut.45:—Pass., Epicr.11.31 (anap.), Arist.Pr.952b22, Plu.Sert.13, 25, 2.504f.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1358] scherzen, spotten, Ar. Ran. 376; schimpfen, Dem. 19, 23; καὶ σκώπτειν Arist. rhet. 2, 2; – trans., verspotten, spöttisch, höhnisch, übermüthig behandeln, κατεγέλα καὶ ἐχλεύαζε Plat. Eryx. 397 d; Dem. 7, 7; τοὺς μὲν διέσυρε χλευάζων Pol. 4, 3,13; τινός, Plut. Rom. 10; N. T. u. a. Sp.; auch med., τοὺς χλευασομένους καὶ κακῶς ἐροῦντας αὐτόν Plut. Brut. 45.
