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Headword:
Sardanios
gelôs
Adler number: sigma,123
Translated headword: sardonic laughter
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] that which is pretended. They say that it is called this from showing the teeth [seshre/nai].
Greek Original:Sardanios gelôs: ho prospoiêtos. kaleisthai de auton apo tou sesêrenai tois odousi phasin.
Notes:
cf.
Zenobius 5.85; and similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric Lexicon.
The expression is explained more fully at
sigma 124.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; proverbs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 28 November 2004@22:51:06.
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