לָעַז (b. h.; cmp. לָעַג) [to talk, babble;] 1) to speak a foreign tongue, esp. to speak Greek. Meg. II, 1 לוֹעֵז, pl. לוֹעֲזוֹת, v. לָעוֹז. —2) (v. לוּז IV) to talk against, criticise, cast suspicion. Pes. 51ᵃ לָעֲזָה עליו כל וכ׳ the entire country criticised him; a. e.
Hif. - הִלְעִיז same. Y. Shek. V, 4 in some ed. of Talm. Babli מַלְעִיזִין, v. לוּז IV