chaff

From LSJ

Καλῶς ἀκούειν μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτεῖν θέλε → Opulentiae antepone rumorem bonum → Erstrebe anstatt Reichtum lieber guten Ruf

Menander, Monostichoi, 285

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

Ar. φορυτός, ὁ.

badinage: P. χλευασμός, ὁ, χλευασία, ἡ, Ar. and P. σκῶμμα, τό; see mockery.

verb transitive

mock: Ar. and P. χλευάζειν; see mock.