scoff
From LSJ
ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων → the men are dead, murdered by their very own hands | dead are our chiefs by fratricidal hands | by kindred hands and mutual murder slain | their hands have killed each other
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. σκώπτειν (Euripides, Cyclops), Ar. and P. χλευάζειν, ἐπισκώπτειν, τωθάζειν, V. κερτομεῖν.
scoff at: use verbs given with acc.
insult: P. and V. ὑβρίζειν (εἰς, acc. or acc. alone), ἐφυβρίζειν (acc., dat. or εἰς, acc.) (rare P.); see insult.
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.).
