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γ118Γέλοιοςlaughable… But [differently-accented] geloi=os [means] a laughing-stock. And [there is] a proverb: "you will end up more laughable than those who try to polish millet, or just like Murmêkides contending against the skill of Pheidias." …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3990Ἀρουραία μάντιςfield mantis[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are sluggish and ineffectual. There is a clumsy locust, green, called a mantis, whose movements some heed and [thereby] prophesy. The aroura contains 50 feet.Matched in translationhighshort

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Γέλοιος

laughable

[Meaning] the most ridiculous, [accented] proparoxytone. But [differently-accented] geloi=os [means] a laughing-stock. And [there is] a proverb: "you will end up more laughable than those who try to polish millet, or…

Γέλοιος· ὁ καταγελαστότατος, προπαροξυτόνως. Γελοῖος δὲ ὁ γελωτοποιός. καὶ παροιμία· γελοιότερον ἀπεργάζῃ τῶν τὰς κέγχρους ἀποτορεύειν ἐπιχειρούντων ἢ καθάπερ τὸν Μυρμηκίδην…