sarcasm

sarcasm
subs.
Jest: Ar. and P. σκῶμμα, τό.
Mockery: P. χλευασία, ἡ, χλευασμός, ὁ.

SARCASM

*dictum aculeatum mordax; plur. facetiae acerbae: acerbae dictorum contumeliae: dicteria (Cic. Fragm.). ☞ Sarcasmus in Greek characters Quint. 8 6 57.

sarcasm: (Gr. σαρκασμός· Quint. 8, 6, 57) nearest terms:

1. asperiores facētiae: Cic. Planc. 14, 33 (asperioribus f. perstringere aliquem).

2. căvillātio acerba (bitter jesting): Suet. Tib. 57.

3. as quality, acerbitas [et abunde salis], Quint. 10, 1, 94. Acerbae dictorum contumeliae (Kr.).