ἐπιγελάω,
future -άσομαι [ᾰ] [[ LXX.Pro.1.26 ] LXX]: —laugh approvingly, γέλασαν [[ δ᾽ ἐπὶ πάντες Ἀχαιοί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.840, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 62a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Ap.” 28, etc.; ἐ. χορείαις] Refs 8th c.BC+] smile upon, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Th.” 979 (Lyric poetry); τινὶ σκ ώψαντι Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Characteres” 2.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, κύματα ἐπιγελᾷ break with a plashing sound, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pr.” 931a35; στόματα ἐπιγελῶντα, of the mouths of rivers, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.4.2 (assuming variant); λόγοι ἐπιγελῶντες] Refs 4th c.BC+] pleasant words, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.27f. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2. metaphorically, sparkle on the surface, [[ ἐπεγέλασέ τις ὕλη τῷ μίγματι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.44. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II. ={ἐπεγγελάω}, [[ LXX.Pro.1.26, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.234, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 5; τῷ δυστυχοῦντι Chiloap. 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 3.1.172. ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]