λαλέω
λᾰλ-έω,
A). talk, chat, prattle,
ἕπου καὶ μὴ λάλει Ar. Ec. 1058 , cf.
V. 1135 ;
ἡ μὲν χελιδὼν τὸ θέρος .. λαλεῖ Philem. 208 ;
λαλεῖς .. ἀμελήσας ἀποκρίνασθαι Pl. Euthd. 287d : c. dat.,
talk to one,
λαλῶν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σεαυτῷ Ar. Eq. 348 ;
αὑτοῖς Philem. 11 ;
πρὸς αὑτούς Alex. 9.10 ;
λ. περί τινος Pherecr. 2 ,
Ar. Lys. 627 ;
ὑπέρ τινος Posidipp. 26.3 ; opp.
λέγω, λαλεῖν ἄριστος, ἀδυνατώτατος λέγειν Eup. 95 ;
λαλῶν μὲν .. , λέγων δέ ..
D. 21.118 (s.v.l.);
λαλεῖν τι ἡμῖν ὅπως ἂν ἡμᾶς ὕπνος λάβῃ Thphr. Char. 7.10 : hence,
b). generally,
talk, speak,
S. Ph. 110 ( v.l.for
λακεῖν )
; καινὴν διάλεκτον λ. Antiph. 171 ;
Ἀττικιστὶ λ. Alex. 195.4 . c. metaph.,
ζωγραφία λαλοῦσα (of poetry), opp.
ποίησις σιωπῶσα (of painting),
Simon. ap.
Plu. 2.346f .
2). talk of,
τινα Alciphr. Fr. 5.2 ;
ἀλλήλαις λαλέουσι τεὸν γάμον αἱ κυπάρισσοι Theoc. 27.58 ;
ἅμαξαν Stoic. 2.92 :— Pass.,
πρᾶγμα κατ’ ἀγορὰν λαλούμενον Ar. Th. 578 .
3). in later writers, =
λέγω ,
speak,
λαλεῖ οὐθὲν τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων πλὴν ἀνθρώπου Arist. Pr. 899a1 : freq. in
LXX, Ge. 12.4 , al.;
βασιλέως ἐναντίον Ezek. Exag. 118 ;
πρός τινα Act.Ap. 3.22 , cf.
Luc. Vit.Auct. 3 , etc.;
περὶ τῆς λέξεως Phld. Po. 5.32 , cf.
Rh. 1.189 S., al.;
χειρσὶν ἅπαντα λαλήσας, of a pantomime,
IG 14.2124 : abs.,
εἴ τι μὴ λίθος, τοὔργον, ἐρεῖς, λαλήσει Herod. 4.33 , cf.
6.61 ;
ἐλάλησεν ὁ κωφός Ev.Matt. 9.33 :— Pass.,
λαληθήσεταί σοι ὅ τι σε δεῖ ποιεῖν it shall be told thee .. ,
Act.Ap. 9.6 .
ShortDef
to talk, chat, prattle, babble
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Headword (normalized):
λαλέω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
λαλεω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λᾰλ-έω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">talk, chat, prattle</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἕπου καὶ μὴ λάλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1058" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1058/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 1058 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1135/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1135 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἡ μὲν χελιδὼν τὸ θέρος .. λαλεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:208" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:208/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philem.</span> 208 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λαλεῖς .. ἀμελήσας ἀποκρίνασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:287d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:287d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 287d </a> : c. dat., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">talk to</span> one, <span class="quote greek">λαλῶν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σεαυτῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:348" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:348/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 348 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αὑτοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philem.</span> 11 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς αὑτούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:9:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:9.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 9.10 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λ. περί τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 2 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:627" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:627/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 627 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὑπέρ τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0500.tlg001:26:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0500.tlg001:26.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Posidipp.</span> 26.3 </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">λέγω, λαλεῖν</span> <span class="quote greek">ἄριστος, ἀδυνατώτατος λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:95" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:95/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> 95 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λαλῶν μὲν .. , λέγων δέ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.118 </a> (s.v.l.); <span class="quote greek">λαλεῖν τι ἡμῖν ὅπως ἂν ἡμᾶς ὕπνος λάβῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009:7:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009:7.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Char.</span> 7.10 </a> : hence, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">talk, speak</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 110 </a> ( v.l.for <span class="ref greek">λακεῖν</span> ) <span class="quote greek">; καινὴν διάλεκτον λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 171 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ἀττικιστὶ λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:195:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:195.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 195.4 </a> . c. metaph., <span class="foreign greek">ζωγραφία λαλοῦσα</span> (of poetry), opp. <span class="foreign greek">ποίησις σιωπῶσα</span> (of painting), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> </span> ap.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.346f </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">talk of</span>, <span class="itype greek">τινα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 5.2 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ἀλλήλαις λαλέουσι τεὸν γάμον αἱ κυπάρισσοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27.58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 27.58 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἅμαξαν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stoic.</span> 2.92 </span> :— Pass., <span class="quote greek">πρᾶγμα κατ’ ἀγορὰν λαλούμενον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:578" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:578/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 578 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in later writers, = <span class="ref greek">λέγω</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">speak</span>, <span class="quote greek">λαλεῖ οὐθὲν τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων πλὴν ἀνθρώπου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:899a:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:899a.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 899a1 </a> : freq. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:12:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:12.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 12.4 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">βασιλέως ἐναντίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0343.tlg001:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0343.tlg001:118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ezek.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Exag.</span> 118 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρός τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:3:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:3.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 3.22 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg024:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg024:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vit.Auct.</span> 3 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">περὶ τῆς λέξεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:5:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:5.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 5.32 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1.189 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span></span>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">χειρσὶν ἅπαντα λαλήσας</span>, of a pantomime, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.2124 </span>: abs., <span class="quote greek">εἴ τι μὴ λίθος, τοὔργον, ἐρεῖς, λαλήσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 4.33 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:6:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:6.61/canonical-url/"> 6.61 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐλάλησεν ὁ κωφός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 9.33 </a> :— Pass., <span class="foreign greek">λαληθήσεταί σοι ὅ τι σε δεῖ ποιεῖν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it shall be told</span> thee .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:9:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:9.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 9.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">chatter</span>, opp. articulate speech, as of locusts, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">chirp</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 5.34 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μεσημβρίας λαλεῖν τέττιξ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">εἰμί</span>), a very grasshopper to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">chirp</span> at midday, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0421.tlg001:10:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0421.tlg001:10.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristopho</span> 10.6 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀνθρωπίνως λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0507.tlg001:1:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0507.tlg001:1.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Strato Com.</span> 1.46 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> of musical sounds, <span class="quote greek">αὐλῷ λαλέω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 20.29 </a> ; of trees, v.supr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.2/canonical-url/"> 1.2 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δῑ[αὐλοῦ ἢ σάλπιγγος] λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg004:801a:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg004:801a.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aud.</span> 801a29 </a> ; of Echo, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:74:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:74.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 74.14 </a>: also c.acc. cogn., <span class="foreign greek">μάγαδιν λαλεῖν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sound</span> the <span class="foreign greek">μάγαδις</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxandr.</span> 35 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}