banter

From LSJ

ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

P. ἐρεσχηλεῖν (acc. or dat.) (Plato), P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc. ); see mock.

substantive

P. χλευασμός, ὁ, P. and V. παιδιά, ἡ; see mockery.