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