ἐπιτωθάζω
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
A mock, jest, Pl.Ax.364c, Hp.Ep.17 ; mock at, jeer, τινα, τινι, App.BC2.67, 5.125, cf. Hieronym.Hist.7 ; τοῖς γινομένοις Men. Rh.p.420S.
German (Pape)
[Seite 998] verspotten, verlachen; πρᾴως Plat. Ax. 364 c; häufiger bei Sp.; τὸ γεγονός Ath. XIII, 604 c; αὐτὸν ἐς φιλαρχίαν, wegen, App. B. C. 2, 67; – auch τινί, worüber, ib. 5. 125.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιτωθάζω: μέλλ. -άσω, ἐπισκώπτω, ἀστειεύομαι, Πλάτ. Ἀξίοχ. 364C· ἐμπαίζω, περιγελῶ, τινὰ καὶ τινὶ Ἀππ. Ἐμφύλ. 2. 67., 5. 125˙ τὸ γεγονὸς Ἀθήν. 604 Ε, Ἡσύχ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
se moquer de, railler.
Étymologie: ἐπί, τωθάζω.
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»].
