tickle

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. κνῆν (Plato), γαργαλίζειν (Plato).

amuse: Ar. and P. γέλωτα παρέχω, γέλωτα παρέχειν (dat.), V. γέλωτα τιθέναι (dat.).

gratify: P. and V. χαρίζεσθαι (dat.).

please: P. and V. ἀρέσκειν (acc. or dat.), Ar. and V. ἁνδάνειν (dat.).

if ye say ought to tickle the mob: V. ἢν τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγητέ τι (Euripides, Hecuba 257).

they composed (history) with view to tickle the ears rather than tell the truth: P. συνέθεσαν ἐπι τὸ προσαγωγότερον τῇ ἀκροάσει ἢ ἀληθέστερον (Thuc. 1, 21).

verb intransitive

P. γαργαλίζεσθαι (Plato); see itch.