joke
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and P. σκῶμμα, τό. γέλοιον, τό.
speak in joke: P. and V. παίζων εἰπεῖν.
verb intransitive
P. and V. σκώπτειν (Eur., Cyclops 675), Ar. and P. ἐπισκώπτειν, χαριεντίζεσθαι, P. προσπαίζειν.