γέλως,
Aeolic dialect γέλος, ὁ,
genitive γέλωτος,
Attic dialect γέλω:
dative γέλωτι,
Epic dialect γέλω or γέλῳ [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
poetry (and late Prose, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: (γελάω):—
laughter, γέλῳ ἔκθανον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄσβεστον γέλω (variant{γέλον}) ὦρσεν[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; γέλωτα ποιεῖν, μηχανᾶσθαι, κινεῖν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέλων ξυντιθέναι, γέλωτα ἄγειν, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γέλωτι to provoke
laughter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέλωτος ἄξια
ridiculous, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅμα or σὺν γέλωτι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν γέλωτι προφέρειν in
joke, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; πολὺς γ. loud
laughter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέγιστος, ἰσχυρὸς γ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Σαρδόνιος γ. (see. Σαρδόνιος); Αἰάντειος γ. a maniac's
laugh, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
2)
metaphorically of waves, ={γέλασμα}, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
occasion of laughter, food for laughter, γ. γίγνομαί τινι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽ οὐ γ. κλύειν ἐμο; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς γ. τρέπειν, ἐμβάλλειν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
dimple in the hinder parts, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]