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εὐτραπελία

εὐτραπελία, wit, liveliness

εὐτρᾰπελ-ία, ἡ,
  • ready wit, liveliness, Hp. Decent. 7, Pl. R. 563a, Posidipp. 28.5, Cic. Fam. 7.32.1, D.S. 15.6: pl., pleasantries, Demetr. Eloc. 177; defined by Arist. as πεπαιδευμένη ὕβρις, Rh. 1389b11, cf. EN 1108a24; ἡ περὶ τὰς παιδιὰς καὶ τὰς ὁμιλίας εὐ. Plu. Ant. 43.
      • 2 rarely in bad sense, = βωμολοχία, Ep.Eph. 5.4.

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