γελάω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[laugh]] (Il.)<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">γελάσ(σ)αι</b>, with [[γελάσομαι]], [[ἐγελάσθην]], [[γεγέλασμαι]] (Att. etc.)<br />Derivatives: [[γέλασμα]] [[laughing]] (A., s. below), [[γελαστύς]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Call.), [[γελαστής]] [[laugher]], [[sneerer]] (S.), [[ἐγγελαστής]] (E.), [[γέλασις]] (EM). - [[γελασῖνος]] [[the laugher]] (Ael.), in plur. [[the front teeth]] (Poll.). - Also [[γελάσκω]] (AP) and [[γελασείω]] (Pl.). - Beside <b class="b3">γελάω γέλως</b>, <b class="b3">-ωτος</b> (ep. acc. [[γέλω]] for [[γέλων]], [[γέλον]], Att. gen. [[γέλω]]) m. [[laughter]] (Il.), with [[γελώω]] (Od., s. Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 365f.) and [[γελοῖος]] (Β 215, where [[γελοίϊος]] m.c., cf. Schwyzer 467 and Chantraine 1, 168) with denomin. [[γελοιάω]], [[γελοιάζω]] (LXX). - <b class="b3">γελασ-</b> in <b class="b3">ἀ-γέλασ-τος</b> (θ 307), also in [[γελανής]] (Pi.) < <b class="b3">*γελασ-νής</b>? Also in <b class="b3">γελαρής γαλήνη</b>. [[Λάκωνες]] H. < <b class="b3">*γελασ-ρής</b>; also in [[γελάω]], <b class="b3">γελάσ-σαι</b> <<b class="b3">*γελασ-ι̯ω</b>. - Aeolic <b class="b2">o-</b>Stamm [[γέλος]] m. (cf. [[ἔρως]] : [[ἔρος]] : [[ἐραστός]]).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] <b class="b2">*gelh₂-</b> [[laugh]]<br />Etymology: Beside [[γέλως]] (<b class="b2">*gelh₂-os</b>) Arm. [[caɫr]], gen. [[caɫu]] [[laughter]] (with <b class="b2">ci-caɫim</b> [[laugh]]); for the ablaut cf. <b class="b3">γαλ-</b> < <b class="b2">*glh₂-</b> in [[γαλήνη]]. - The [[physical]] meaning is preserved in <b class="b3">γελεῖν λάμπειν</b>, [[ἀνθεῖν]] H. - Cf. [[γαλήνη]], [[γλήνη]], [[γλῆνος]], and [[Γελέοντες]].