talk, chat, prattle
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 toone, 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 toldthee . . , Act.Ap. 9.6 .
II. chatter, opp. articulate speech, as of locusts,chirp, Theoc. 5.34 ;μεσημβρίας λαλεῖν τέττιξ(sc.εἰμί), a very grasshopper tochirpat midday, Aristopho 10.6 ; ἀνθρωπίνως λ.
Strato Com. 1.46
.
III. of musical sounds, αὐλῷ λαλέω
Theoc. 20.29
; of trees, v.supr. 1.2 ; δι'[αὐλοῦ ἢ σάλπιγγος] λ.
Arist. Aud. 801a29
; of Echo, D.C. 74.14 : also c.acc. cogn.,μάγαδιν λαλεῖν soundtheμάγαδις, Anaxandr. 35 .
