αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character
P. and V. γελᾶν; (ἐπί, dat., or dat. alone), καταγελᾶν (gen.), σκώπτειν (Eur., Cyclops 675) (absol.), Ar. and P. χλευάζειν (acc.), ἐπισκώπτειν (acc.), V. κερτομεῖν; (acc.), διαγελᾶν (acc.); see mock.
