γέλως
Etym. γελάω
I. "laughter", γέλωι ἔκθανον they were like to die "with laughing", Od.; γέλωτα ποιεῖν, κινεῖν, etc., Xen.;— κατέχειν γέλωτα to restrain one's "laughter", id=Xen.; γέλωτα ὀφλεῖν to incur "laughter", Eur.; ἐπὶ γέλωτι to provoke "laughter", Hdt., Ar.; γέλωτος ἄξια "ridiculous", Eur.
II. "occasion of laughter, matter for laughter", γ. γίγνομαί τινι Soph.