taunt
From LSJ
κακῆς ἀπ΄ἀρχῆς γίγνεται τέλος κακόν. → from a bad beginning comes a bad end (Euripides' Aeolus fr. 32)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
mock: P. and V. σκώπτειν; (Euripides, Cyclops 675, absol.), Ar. and P. χλευάζειν, ἐπισκώπτειν, τωθάζειν, V. κερτομεῖν.
laugh at: P. and V. ἐπεγγελᾶν; (dat.); see mock.
reproach: P. and V. ὀνειδίζειν; (acc. or dat.); see reproach.
taunt with: P. and V. ὀνειδίζειν; (τί τινι), ἐπιπλήσσειν (τί τινι).
substantive
reproach: P. and V. ὄνειδος, τό.
mockery: P. and V. γέλως, ὁ, κατάγελως, ὁ, P. χλευασία, ἡ, χλευασμός, ὁ, V. κερτόμησις, ἡ.
