σκῶμμα

skomma

jest,gibe

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Euthyphro 2
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Chapter ?

11c5
11c7
Theaetetus 2
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177d6
174a8
Republic 1
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Book V 1
Chapter ?

452b7

Dictionary (LSJ)

σκῶμμα, ατος, τό, (σκώπτω) A. jest,gibe, Eup. 159.15,244, Ar. Nu. 542, Pax 750, Pl. 316, Pl. R. 452b, etc.; ἐν σκώμματος μέρει by way of a joke, Aeschin. 1.126; εἰς γέλωτα καὶ σκώμματʼ ἐμβαλεῖν D. 54.13; εἰς σ. καταστῆναι Lys. Fr. 75; σ. παρὰ γράμμα a pun, Arist. Rh. 1412a29; it generally implies scurrility, but not necessarily, v. EN 1128a30, cf. Thphr. ap. Plu. 2.631e.

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