gibe

From LSJ

τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

Ar. and P. σκῶμμα, τό, P. χλευασία. ἡ, χλευασμός, ὁ, πομπεία, ἡ, V. κερτόμησις, ἡ; see mockery.

verb intransitive

P. and V. σκώπτειν; (Euripides, Cyclops 675), Ar. and P. χλευάζειν; see mock.