Κωμῳδεῖν
to make fun of, to make a joke of
Translated by David Whitehead2 Nov 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to tease.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κωμῳδεῖν· αἰτιατικῇ. σκώπτειν.
Betacode
*kwmw|dei=n: ai)tiatikh=|. skw/ptein.
Notes
- Same (substantive) glossing in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; also in Photius, Lexicon kappa1314 Theodoridis, where the editor notes Ruhnken's view that the headword is extracted from Plato, Parmenides 128C or Republic 5.452D.
See also e.g. Aristophanes, Acharnians 631:w(s kwmw|dei= th\n po/lin h(mw=n kai\ to\n dh=mon kaqubri/zei .