γελάω
I. absol. "to laugh", Hom., etc.; ἐγέλασσεν χείλεσιν, of feigned laughter, Il.:—Pass., ἕνεκα τοῦ γελασθῆναι for the sake of "a laugh being raised", Dem.
II. "to laugh at" a person, Lat. irrideo, ἐπί τινι Il., Aesch.; also at a thing, Xen.; so c. dat., Soph., etc.; rarely, like καταγελάω, c. gen. pers., id=Soph.
2. c. acc. "to deride", τινά or τι Theocr., Ar.:—Pass. "to be derided", Aesch., Soph.