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Αἰάντειος γέλως · Aiantean laughter, Ajax's laughter (αι 8) · Suda

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Near αι8

αι4to wail
αι5Aiakides, Aeacides
αι6aiakix, aeacix, aiakis, drinking-cup
αι7dread circle
αι8Aiantean laughter, Ajax's laughter
αι9Aiax, Aias, Ajax
αι10spotted (?)
αι11aibale
αι12Aibilos, Aebilus

Suda/ΑΙ alphaiota/αι8

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Αἰάντειος γέλως

Aiantean laughter, Ajax's laughter

Translated by Anne Mahoney21 May 1999Vetting: high9 revisions

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3 notes · 30 words

Translation

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those laughing insanely.¹
Also [sc. attested is] "Aiantean house," [meaning] that of Ajax.²
Also [sc. attested is] "Aiantian tribe," [meaning] that of Ajax.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἰάντειος γέλως· ἐπὶ τῶν παραφρόνως γελώντων. καὶ Αἰάντειος οἶκος, ὁ τοῦ Αἴαντος. καὶ Αἰαντὶς φυλή, ἡ τοῦ Αἴαντος.

Betacode

*ai)a/nteios ge/lws: e)pi\ tw=n parafro/nws gelw/ntwn. kai\ *ai)a/nteios oi)=kos, o( tou= *ai)/antos. kai\ *ai)anti\s fulh/, h( tou= *ai)/antos.

Notes (3)

The headword phrase occurs in Menander fr. 10 Sandbach (401 Kock). For another occurrence of the adjective *ai)a/nteios ('Ajax's') cf. theta 567.
1= Zenobius 1.43, Diogenianus 1.41, etc. ↩
2The phrase is found as an example of the use of the adjective in Theognostus 751.4. Adler also cites Lexicon Ambrosianum 7. Otherwise it is unattested. ↩
3cf. a scholium to Aristeides, Panathenaicus 192; Hesychius alpha1668. Adler also cites Lexicon Ambrosianum 9. The tribe (fulh/) Aiantis was one of ten new such entities created in Athens in the late C6 BCE (and named after mythological figures of significance to the community) by the reforms of Kleisthenes. See generally OCD(4) p.1144.

Linked from1 entry

α4533Αὐτοφόνῳsuicidal[Meaning] killing oneself. "For time, finding no other man so worthy of such a deed, entrusted it to his suicidal hand." This is a reference to Ajax.

Neighbouring entries

αι6Αἰακίξaiakix, aeacix, aiakis, drinking-cup αι7Αἰανὴς κύκλοςdread circle αι8Αἰάντειος γέλωςAiantean laughter, Ajax's laughter αι9ΑἴαξAiax, Aias, Ajax αι10Αἴαψοςspotted (?)

Revision history9 revisions · last 22 Nov 2015

22 Nov 2015my typo — David Whitehead
1 Aug 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
10 May 2012tweaked betacode — Catharine Roth
10 May 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Jun 2011augmented notes, added keywords, set status — William Hutton
27 Feb 2003augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
18 Oct 2000modified translation; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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21 May 1999Translated — Anne Mahoney

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αἰάντειος γέλως (Adler number alphaiota 8), trans. Anne Mahoney, 21 May 1999. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alphaiota/8

Translation by Anne Mahoney for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, William Hutton, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗