laugh

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verb intransitive

P. and V. γελᾶν.

laugh aloud: P. ἐκγελᾶν.

burst out laughing: P. ἀνακαγχάζειν (Plato).

you have made me laugh, Socrates, though I am in no laughing mood at present: P. ὦ Σώκρατες οὐ πάνυ γέ με νῦν δὴ γελασείοντα ἐποίησας γελάσαι (Plato, Phaedo, 64B).

laugh at: P. and V. γελᾶν; (ἐπί, dat., or dat. alone), καταγελᾶν (gen.), ἐπεγγελᾶν (dat.), V. ἐγγελᾶν; (dat., or κατά, gen.), διαγελᾶν (acc.).

mock: P. and V. σκώπτειν; (acc.) (Euripides, Cyclops 675 absol.), Ar. and P. χλευάζειν (acc.), ἐπισκώπτειν (acc.), V. κερτομεῖν; (acc.); see mock.

simplicity was laughed down and disappeared: P. τὸ εὔηθες… καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη (Thuc. 3, 83).

without laughing: use adv., P. ἀγελαστί.