ἐπιγελάω
Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → All life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains.
English (LSJ)
fut. -άσομαι [ᾰ] LXXPr.1.26:
A —laugh approvingly, γέλασαν δ' ἐπὶ πάντες Ἀχαιοί Il.23.840, cf.Pl.Phd.62a, X.Ap.28, etc.; ἐ. χορείαις smile upon, Ar.Th.979(lyr.); τινὶ σκ ώψαντι Thphr.Char.2.4: abs., κύματα ἐπιγελᾷ break with a plashing sound, Arist.Pr.931a35; στόματα ἐπιγελῶντα, of the mouths of rivers, Str.1.4.2(s.v.l.); λόγοι ἐπιγελῶντες pleasant words, Plu.2.27f. 2. metaph., sparkle on the surface, ἐπεγέλασέ τις ὕλη τῷ μίγματι Herm. ap. Stob.1.49.44. II. = ἐπεγγελάω, LXX Pr.1.26, Gal.6.234, Luc. Bis Acc.5; τῷ δυστυχοῦντι Chiloap.Stob.3.1.172.
German (Pape)
[Seite 932] (s. γελάω), dabei, darüber lachen; Ar. Th. 978; Plat. Phaed. 62 a; Xen. u. A.; λόγοι ἐπιγελῶντες, freundliche Reden, Plut. aud. p. 7; verlachen, verspotten, τινί, Arr. An. 4, 12, 3; Luc. – Uebtr., τὸ κῦμα ἐπιγελᾷ Arist. probl. 23, 1. 24, wie στόματα ἐπιγελῶντα Strab. XI p. 501, mit starkem Wellenschlage.
