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περισπασμός

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Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ → The fool laughs even when there's nothing to laugh at

Menander
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Transliteration A: perispasmós Transliteration B: perispasmos Transliteration C: perispasmos Beta Code: perispasmo/s

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A wheeling round, Plb. 10.23.3,12.18.3.    II distracting circumstances, distraction, Metrod. Herc.831.7, Plb.3.87.9(pl.), Phld.Mus.p.98K., Plu.2.831f (pl.) ; ἐν περισπασμοῖς εἶναι Plb.4.32.5, etc.; οἱ τῆς πόλεως π. καὶ φόβοι D.S.12.38 ; περισπασμοὶ καὶ πιθανότητες Chrysipp.Stoic.3.77 : rarely in sg., θυμοῦ π. LXX Ec.2.23, cf. Arr.Epict.3.22.71.    III circumflex accent, D.H.Comp.11, A.D.Pron.34.24.

German (Pape)

[Seite 591] ὁ, 1) das Herumziehen, Wegziehen, anderweitige Beschäftigung, Pol. 3, 87, 9 u. öfter; auch ἐν περισπασμοῖς εἶναι, 4, 32, 5; daher das Abziehen wovon, Zerstreuung, in der Kriegssprache Diversion, Pol. 10, 21, 3 (vgl. das Verbum). – 2) der Circumflex, Gramm., S. Emp. adv. gramm. 109.