σκώπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>973</span>, etc. (not in Hom., but <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> παρα- <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>203</span>): fut. σκώψομαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>854</span>, whence Elmsl. restores <b class="b3">σκώψει</b> for <b class="b3">-ῃς</b> in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span> 296</span>: aor. 1 ἔσκωψα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.<b class="b3">δ</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>80a</span>, etc.:—Med., aor. ἐσκωψάμην <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.57</span>:—Pass., aor. ἐσκώφθην <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.2.18</span>: pf. <b class="b3">ἔσκωμμαι</b>, imper. <b class="b3">ἐσκώφθω</b> (ἀπ-) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Bacch.</span>8</span>:—<b class="b2">mock, jeer, scoff at</b>, τινας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>540</span>,<span class="bibl">992</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>421</span>, etc.; σ. τὴν μανίαν τινός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>350</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span> 745</span>; <b class="b3">τινὰ τῆς ἀμεριμνίας</b> for his want of thought, <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.1.7</span>; τινὰ εἰς μαλακίαν <span class="bibl">D.18.245</span>; τὰς Λακωνικὰς μαχαίρας εἰς τὴν μικρότητα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>19</span>; also <b class="b3">σ. ἐς τὰ ῥάκια</b> [[jest]] at them, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 740</span>; εἴς τινα <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.41</span> (v.l.); πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Thg.</span>125e</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be mocked</b>, <span class="bibl">Nicol.Com.1.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in good sense, <b class="b2">joke with</b>, τινα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.<b class="b3">δ</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs., <b class="b2">jest, joke</b>, <span class="bibl">Cratin.308</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>525</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>296</span>, etc.; σκώψαντα εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.8</span>; σ. καὶ κωμῳδεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>557</span>; σ. ἀγροίκως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>1320</span>; <b class="b3">χλευάζειν καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1379a29</span>; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ Ἀναξανδρίδης ἔσκωψεν</b> according to the [[joke]] of An., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1152a22</span>; <b class="b2">to be in fun</b>, opp. to be in earnest, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>675</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>9.5</span>: sts. in a good sense, εὖ σκώπτειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1128a25</span>; <b class="b3">ἐμμελῶς σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1381a36</span>. (Cf. <b class="b3">σκώψ</b> fin.)</span>