Related to: χλευ-άζω,
(χλεύη) jest, scoff, ἐπισκώπτων καὶ παίζων καὶ χ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 376 (Lyric poetry); τοῖς καταγελῶσι καὶ χ. καὶ σκώπτουσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1379a29, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.3.13, 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 18 ii 5, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.29 O., etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative, scoff, jeer at, treat scornfully, τινα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Eryxias” 397d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.7, 19.23, 47.34, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 109.16; ἐμαυτὴν.. λέληθα χλευάζουσ᾽ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 215; with _accusative_ _of things_, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 10, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [[ [prev. author] “Brut.” 45 ] Refs]:—passive, [[ 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.31 (_anapaest meter_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 952b22, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 13, 25, 2.504f. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]