γέλως

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γέλος (gélos) — Aeolic

Etymology

Related to γελάω (geláō, “laugh”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡé.lɔːs/ → /ˈʝe.los/ → /ˈʝe.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.lɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.los/

Noun

γέλως • (gélōs) m (genitive γέλωτος or γέλω); third declension

1. laughter
   1. (figuratively) waves
   • Democritus

     Οὐκ ἔλεγον γελόων· ‚Πάντα πέλουσι γέλως’;

     Ouk élegon gelóōn; ‚Pánta pélousi gélōs’?

     Did I not say, while laughing, that everything is laughter in the end?

2. an occasion for laughter
3. dimple

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ γέλως; τοῦ γέλωτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γέλως ho gélōs	τὼ γέλωτε tṑ gélōte	οἱ γέλωτες hoi gélōtes
Genitive	τοῦ γέλωτος toû gélōtos	τοῖν γελώτοιν toîn gelṓtoin	τῶν γελώτων tôn gelṓtōn
Dative	τῷ γέλωτῐ tôi gélōti	τοῖν γελώτοιν toîn gelṓtoin	τοῖς γέλωσῐ / γέλωσῐν toîs gélōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν γέλωτᾰ tòn gélōta	τὼ γέλωτε tṑ gélōte	τοὺς γέλωτᾰς toùs gélōtas
Vocative	γέλως gélōs	γέλωτε gélōte	γέλωτες gélōtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Attic second declension of ὁ γέλως; τοῦ γέλω (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γέλως ho gélōs	τὼ γέλω tṑ gélō	οἱ γέλῳ hoi gélōi
Genitive	τοῦ γέλω toû gélō	τοῖν γέλῳν toîn gélōin	τῶν γέλων tôn gélōn
Dative	τῷ γέλῳ tôi gélōi	τοῖν γέλῳν toîn gélōin	τοῖς γέλῳς toîs gélōis
Accusative	τὸν γέλω / γέλων tòn gélō(n)	τὼ γέλω tṑ gélō	τοὺς γέλως toùs gélōs
Vocative	γέλως gélōs	γέλω gélō	γέλῳ gélōi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “γέλως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γέλως”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γέλως”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γέλως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γέλως in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γέλως in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “γέλως”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1071 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amusement idem, page 28.
  • butt idem, page 107.
  • derision idem, page 214.
  • entertainment idem, page 277.
  • fun idem, page 349.
  • hilarity idem, page 400.
  • humour idem, page 410.
  • jest idem, page 462.
  • jocularity idem, page 463.
  • joke idem, page 464.
  • jollity idem, page 464.
  • laughing stock idem, page 479.
  • laughter idem, page 479.
  • merriment idem, page 526.
  • mirth idem, page 532.
  • mockery idem, page 537.
  • peal idem, page 601.
  • ridicule idem, page 713.
  • risibility idem, page 717.
  • scoffing idem, page 740.
  • smile idem, page 787.
  • sneer idem, page 789.
  • sport idem, page 804.
  • taunt idem, page 857.
  • titter idem, page 878.