Name: Cicero Entire
Availability: InStock
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

gelōta sardanion

a sardonic laugh

Source: Homer, Odyssey 20.302 (proverbial)

Etymology

Homeric γέλως Σαρδάνιος; allegedly from a Sardinian plant whose grimace prefigured the dying.

Occurs in 1 work (1 mentions)

Ad Familiares 7.25 24 August 45 BC · 1 occurrence