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                    "description": "or γελοῖος, α, ον, <b>mirth-provoking, amusing<\/b>, once in Hom., <i>Il.<\/i> 2.215 (in Ep. form γελοίϊος); χρῆμα Archil. 79, cf. Hdt. 8.25; Αἰσώπου τι γ. Ar. <i>V.<\/i> 566, cf. 1259; γελοῖα <b>jests<\/b>, Thgn. 311; γέλοια λέγειν Anaxandr. 10, Alex. 183; opp. σπουδαῖος, X. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 2.3.1, Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 816d; τοῦ ἀληθοῦς ἕνεκα, οὐ τοῦ γ. Id. <i>Smp.<\/i> 215a; τὸ γ. the <b>comic<\/b>, Arist. <i>Po.<\/i> 1449a34, al. ; τὰ γ. ἡδέα Id. <i>Rh.<\/i> 1371b35; of persons, <b>facetious<\/b>, μισῶ γελοίους E. <i>Fr.<\/i> 492; ἡδὺς καὶ γ. Aeschin. 1.126; γ. ἐστι καὶ βούλεται Pl. <i>Smp.<\/i> 213c. Adv. -οίως Id. <i>Cri.<\/i> 53d.<br\/><b>ludicrous, absurd<\/b>, Ζεὺς γ. ὀμνύμενος τοῖς εἰδόσιν Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 1241; γ. ἔσομαι αὐτοσχεδιάζων Pl. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 236d; γ. ἰατρός, διδάσκαλος, Id. <i>Prt.<\/i> 340c, <i>R.<\/i> 392d; ἐπὶ τὸ γελοιότερον ὅμοιος a <b>caricature<\/b>, Arist. <i>Top.<\/i> 117b17, cf. <i>Po.<\/i> 1449a36; of arguments, etc., <b>paradoxical<\/b>, Pl. <i>Prt.<\/i> 355a, <i>Tht.<\/i> 158e, etc. Adv. -οίως, ἔχειν Id. <i>R.<\/i> 528d, cf. Arist. <i>Mete.<\/i> 362b12. — In <i>Smp.<\/i> 189b, Pl. confines γ. to signf. 1, γ. εἰπεῖν ἀλλὰ μὴ καταγέλαστα. (<i>Att.<\/i> γέλοιος A.D. <i>Pron.<\/i> 50.5, but γελοῖος Ael. Dion. <i>Fr.<\/i> 101, and so cod. R in Ar. <i>Ach.<\/i> 1058, <i>Nu.<\/i> 1241. Some Gramm. expl. γέλοιος, = γέλωτος ἄξιος, γελοῖος, = γελωτοποιός, Ammon. p. 38V., <i>EM<\/i> 224.43; others reversely, <i>Et.Gud.<\/i>, etc. ; Suid. gives both views. Phlp. ap. Eust. 906.53 wrote γελοιός, = γελωτοποιός.)"
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