καταγέλαστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́ω (kătăgelắō, “I mock, jeer”), from κᾰ́τᾰ- (kắtă-, “against”) + γελᾰ́ω (gelắō, “I laugh at”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.ɡé.las.tos/ → /ka.taˈʝe.las.tos/ → /ka.taˈʝe.las.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ta.ɡé.las.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈɡe.las.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈʝe.las.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈʝe.las.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈʝe.las.tos/

Adjective

κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστος • (kătăgélăstos) m or f (neuter κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστον); second declension

1. ridiculous, absurd

Inflection

Second declension of κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστος; κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστος kătăgélăstos	κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστον kătăgélăston		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στω kătăgelắstō	κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στω kătăgelắstō		κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστοι kătăgélăstoi	κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστᾰ kătăgélăstă
Genitive		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στου kătăgelắstou	κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στου kătăgelắstou		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στοιν kătăgelắstoin	κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στοιν kătăgelắstoin		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στων kătăgelắstōn	κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στων kătăgelắstōn
Dative		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στῳ kătăgelắstōi	κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στῳ kătăgelắstōi		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στοιν kătăgelắstoin	κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στοιν kătăgelắstoin		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στοις kătăgelắstois	κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στοις kătăgelắstois
Accusative		κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστον kătăgélăston	κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστον kătăgélăston		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στω kătăgelắstō	κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στω kătăgelắstō		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στους kătăgelắstous	κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστᾰ kătăgélăstă
Vocative		κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστε kătăgélăste	κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστον kătăgélăston		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στω kătăgelắstō	κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στω kătăgelắstō		κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστοι kătăgélăstoi	κᾰτᾰγέλᾰστᾰ kătăgélăstă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		κᾰτᾰγελᾰ́στως kătăgelắstōs			κᾰτᾰγελᾰστότερος kătăgelăstóteros			κᾰτᾰγελᾰστότᾰτος kătăgelăstótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “καταγέλαστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καταγέλαστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καταγέλαστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • absurd idem, page 4.
  • comic idem, page 146.
  • droll idem, page 253.
  • funny idem, page 350.
  • laughable idem, page 478.
  • ludicrous idem, page 504.
  • mirthful idem, page 532.
  • preposterous idem, page 636.
  • ridiculous idem, page 713.