ΕΥ̓ΤΡΑΠΕΛΙΑΣ, εὐτραπελιας
EUTRAPELIAS, eutrapelias
Sounds Like: yoo-trah-peh-LEE-ahs
Translations: of coarse jesting, of buffoonery, of vulgar talk, of a joke, of wit
From the root: ΕΥ̓ΤΡΑΠΕΛΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to coarse jesting, vulgar talk, or buffoonery. It can also refer to a clever or witty remark, but often carries a negative connotation of inappropriate or unedifying humor. It describes a type of speech that is not serious or edifying, often used in a negative sense in moral contexts.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2143 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 6:214
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΤΡΑΠΕΛΙΑ.
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.
- ΕΥ̓ΤΡΑΠΕΛΙΑ — jesting, coarse jesting, ribaldry, buffoonery, humor, wit, pleasantry, a pleasantry
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