κατάγελως, ωτος, ὁ,
derision, τί δῆτ᾽ ἐμαυτῆς καταγέλωτ᾽ ἔχω τάδε; these ornaments which bring ridicule upon me? [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1264, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 76; -γέλωτος ἄξιος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 13.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πλατύς sheer mockery, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1126; κατάγελων.. φίλοις παρασχεθεῖν [prev. author] “Eq.” 319; διπλοῦν προσλήψῃ -γέλωτα 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τῆς πράξεως the crowning absurdity of the matter, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 45e; κατάγελων ἡγούμην πάντα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 7.23. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of persons, laughing-stock, οὗτος κ. νομίζεται [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 160.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]