ΓΕΛΟΙΟΤΑΤΟΝ, γελοιοτατον
GELOIOTATON, geloiotaton
Sounds Like: geh-loy-O-tah-ton
Translations: most ridiculous, most laughable, a most ridiculous thing, the most ridiculous thing
From the root: ΓΕΛΟΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the adjective 'γελοῖος' (geloios), meaning 'ridiculous' or 'laughable'. As a superlative, it indicates the highest degree of that quality, thus 'most ridiculous' or 'most laughable'. It can be used to describe something that is extremely absurd or deserving of scornful laughter.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Superlative
Strong’s number: G1077 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 64:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΕΛΟΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΓΕΛΟΙ — ridiculous, laughable, absurd, silly
- ΓΕΛΟΙΑ — ridiculous, laughable, absurd, a ridiculous thing, a laughable thing, ridiculous things, laughable things
- ΓΕΛΟΙΟΝ — ridiculous, laughable, absurd, a ridiculous thing, an absurdity
- ΓΕΛΟΙΟΣ — ridiculous, laughable, absurd, silly, a ridiculous thing
- ΓΕΛΟΙΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more ridiculous, more laughable, more absurd, a more ridiculous thing, a more laughable thing, a more absurd thing
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