ΕΠΙΓΕΛΑΩ, επιγελαω
EPIGELAŌ, epigelaō
Sounds Like: eh-pee-geh-LA-oh
Translations: laugh at, mock, deride
From the root: ΕΠΙΓΕΛΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'επι' (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'at', and the verb 'γελαω' (gelaō), meaning 'to laugh'. Therefore, it literally means 'to laugh upon' or 'to laugh at'. It describes the act of mocking or ridiculing someone or something through laughter. It implies a sense of scorn or contempt.
Inflection: Inflects for tense, mood, voice, person, and number. This form is the present active indicative first person singular, or the infinitive.
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΓΕΛΑΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΕΓΕΛΑ — laughed at, mocked, derided
- ἘΠΕΓΕΛΑΣΕΝ — he laughed at, he mocked, he derided
- ἘΠΙΓΕΛΑΣΑΝΤΟΣ — having laughed at, having mocked, having ridiculed
- ἘΠΙΓΕΛΩΝ — laughing at, mocking, ridiculing
- ΕΠΕΓΓΕΛΑΣΗΣ — you may laugh at, you may mock, you may deride
- ΕΠΕΓΕΛΩΝ — laughing at, mocking, deriding
- ΕΠΙΓΕΛΑΣΟΜΑΙ — I will laugh at, I will mock, I will deride
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