Τωθασμός

jeering, ridicule

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Feb 2011Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 15 words

Also [sc. attested is the phrase] twqastiko\n gela/sas ["laughing jeeringly"],¹ meaning mockingly, fawningly, derisively, abusively.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τωθασμός. καί, Τωθαστικὸν γελάσας, ἀντὶ τοῦ σκωπτικόν, θωπευτικόν, χλευαστικόν, λοιδορητικόν.

Betacode

*twqasmo/s. kai/, *twqastiko\n gela/sas, a)nti\ tou= skwptiko/n, qwpeutiko/n, xleuastiko/n, loidorhtiko/n.

Notes (2)

For the unglossed headword, cf. Pollux 9.148, ps.-Herodian 135.
1Adler suggested Aelian, but a TLG search shows that the source is the Emperor Julian, Misopogon 20.21 Lacombrade. ↩
2For these glosses cf. generally tau 855. ↩

Linked from1 entry

τ855Τωθάζειmocks[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he/she/it] jeers at, scoffs, derides, boasts. "Isn't it terrible for you to scoff, you who stole the girl piper from [your] drinking-companions?"

Neighbouring entries

τ854Τῷ δὲ τοῦτο συμβαλὼν ἔχειςbut by what [means] did you infer this?τ855Τωθάζειmocks τ856Τωθασμόςjeering, ridicule τ857Τῷ λόγῳpretendedly τ858Τὼ μηρὼ μὴ συνέχεινnot to keep the thighs together

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28 Mar 2014typo — Catharine Roth
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24 Feb 2011Translated — Catharine Roth