mock
ἔργον δ' οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ' ὄνειδος → work is no disgrace, but idleness is disgrace | work is no disgrace, but idleness is | work is no disgrace; it is idleness which is a disgrace | work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness | work is no disgrace, not working is a disgrace | work is no shame, it is idleness that is shame | there is no shame in work, shame is in idleness
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
pretended: P. προσποιητός, P. and V. πλαστός (Xen.).
verb transitive
P. and V. σκώπτειν; (Euripides, Cyclops 675, absol.), Ar. and P. χλευάζειν, ἐπισκώπτειν, τωθάζειν, V. κερτομεῖν.
laugh at: P. and V. γελᾶν; (ἐπί, dat., or dat. alone), καταγελᾶν (gen.), ἐπεγγελᾶν (dat.), V. ἐγγελᾶν; (dat., or κατά, gen.), διαγελᾶν (acc.), ἐγκατιλλώπτειν (dat.).
insult: P. and V. ὑβρίζειν; (acc. or εἰς, acc.), ἐφυβρίζειν (acc., dat., or εἰς, acc.) (rare P.), προπηλακίζειν, P. ἐπηρεάζειν (dat.). Ar. and V. καθυβρίζειν; (acc. or gen.).
baffle: P. and V. σφάλλω, σφάλλειν, P. ἐκκρούειν.
mock (a person or a thing): Ar. and V. ἐνυβρίζειν; (acc. of person, dat. of thing, or absol.).
