ἐκκαγχάζω
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
A burst out into loud laughter, X.Smp.1.16 ; ἀθρόον ἐ. Arist.EN1150b11:—spelt ἐκκακχάζω, Phld.Ir.p.49 W.: ἐκκαχάζω, v.l. in Sch.Ar.Nu.1242.
German (Pape)
[Seite 761] in lautes Gelächter ausbrechen; ἐπί τινι, Xen. Conv. 1, 16; ἀθρόον, Arist. eth. 7, 7, 6.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκκαγχάζω: ἐκρήγνυμαι εἰς ἠχηρόν γέλωτα, Ξεν. Συμπ. 1, 16˙ καὶ ὥσπερ οἱ κατέχειν πειρώμενοι τὸν γέλωτα ἀθρόον ἐκκαγχάζουσιν Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 7. 7, 6.
French (Bailly abrégé)
éclater de rire.
Étymologie: ἐκ, καγχάζω.
Spanish (DGE)
• Alolema(s): -κακχάζω Phld.Ir.22.20; -καχάζω Sch.Ar.Nu.1242 (var.)
soltar carcajadas, reir a carcajadas ἐξεκάγχασεν ἐπὶ τῷ οἰκτισμῷ αὐτοῦ X.Smp.1.16, οἱ κατέχειν πειρώμενοι τὸν γέλωτα ἀθρόον ἐκκαγχάζουσι Arist.EN 1150b11, cf. Phld.l.c., Philox.Cyth.5.
Greek Monolingual
ἐκκαγχάζω (Α)
ξεσπώ σε καγχασμούς.