ᾶς (ἡ) [λᾰ]
   I babil, bavardage, AR. Nub. 931, etc. ; ESCHN. 34, 29 ; d’où :
      1 habitude de bavarder, loquacité, PLAT. Def. 416 ; TH. Char. 7 ; SPT. Sir. 19, 5 ; PLUT. M. 715 a, etc. ;
      2 bruit, rumeur, POL. 3, 20, 5, etc. ; d’où réputation, renommée, SPT. 2Macc. 8, 5 ;
   II p. ext. parole, d’où :
      1 entretien, conversation, ARÉT. p. 73 ; PLUT. Pyrrh. 5 ;
      2 discussion littéraire, POL. 32, 9, 4 ;
      3 façon de parler, dialecte, NT. Matth. 26, 73 ;
      4 prononciation, DL. 4, 33.

➳ Ion. -ιή, HERMÉSIAN. (ATH. 598 f).

Étym. λάλος.

poet. λαλιή, ἡ, talk, chat, λαλιὰν ἀσκῆσαι, ἐπιτηδεῦσαι, Ar. Nu. 931 (anap.), Ra. 1069; πέρας ποιεῖ λαλιᾶς Men. 66.3, cf. Hermesian. 7.78, AP 7.440 (Leon.); common talk, report, Plb. 3.20.5; τῆς εὐανδρίας τινός LXX 2 Ma. 8.7; ἀχέων APl. 4.134 (Mel.); λαλιάν τινα ποιεῖν LXX Si. 42.11; in good sense, discussion, ἡ περὶ βυβλίων λ. Plb. 31.23.4, cf. 36.12.3; speech, conversation, Ev. Jo. 8.43; matter, subject, LXX Ec. 3.18.
loquacity, Aeschin. 2.49, Thphr. Char. 7, Arist. Phgn. 806b18, Men. Sam. 46.
a form of speech, dialect, Ev. Matt. 26.73; ἡ λ. σου ὡραία LXX Ca. 4.3; style, Phld. Rh. 2.27 S.

ἡ, Geschwätz, Gerede, nach Plat. def. 416 ἀκρασία λόγου ἄλογος ; Schwatzhaftigkeit, vgl. Theophr. char. 7 ; λαλιὰν ἀσκῆσαι, Ar. Nub. 931 ; der στωμυλία entsprechend, Ran. 1069 ; Aesch. 2.49 ; λαλιὰ καὶ θροῦς, Pol. 1.32.6 ; χυδαῖος καὶ πάνδημος, 14.7.8 ; κουρεακή, 3.20.5 ; Folgde.
Bei Sp. auch übh. Rede, Gespräch.

λαλία, -ᾶς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, דִּבְרָה ;]
__1. loquacity = Very talkative.
__2. talk, speech, conversation: Mat.26:73 (cf. Ca 43), Jhn.4:42 8:43.†
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