γλῶσσα,
Ionic dialect γλάσσα, [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.84, +others, “SIG” 1002.7 (Milet.), “Schwyzer” 692 (from Chios)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], Attic dialect γλῶττα, ης, ἡ, tongue, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.332, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__b γ. λάρυγγος, ={γλωττίς}, larynx, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 7.13. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 tongue, as the organ of speech, γλώσσης χάριν through love of talking, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 709, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 266; γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ [prev. author] “Pr.” 331, compare “Eu.” 830; γλώσσης ἀκρατής [prev. author] “Pr.” 884 (Lyric poetry); μεγάλης γ. κόμποι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 128 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γλώσσῃ δεινός, θρασύς, [[ [prev. author] “OC” 806, “Aj.” 1142; ἡ γ. ὀμώμοχ᾽ ἡ δὲ φρὴν ἀνώμοτος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 612: with Preps., ἀπὸ γλώσσης] Refs 5th c.BC+] by frankness of speech, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 63; φθέγγεσθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.13 (but ἀπὸ γ. ληίσσεται, opposed to χερσὶ βίῃ] Refs 6th c.BC+], of fraud opposed to violence, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 322)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, by word of mouth, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.10, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.14.1; τῷ νῷ θ᾽ ὁμοίως κἀπὸ τῆς γ. λέγω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 936 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ γλώσσης ἄπο, i.e. our words, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1049 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ γ. φράσω by heart, opposed to γράμμασιν, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 122 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀπὸ γλώσσης not from mere word of mouth, but after full argument, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 813 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μὴ διὰ γλώσσης without using the tongue, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 112; ἐν ὄμμασιν.. δεδορκὼς κοὐ κατὰ γλῶσσαν κλύων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 747:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —phrases: πᾶσαν γλῶτταν βασάνιζε try every art of tongue, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 547 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶσαν ἱέναι γλῶσσαν let loose one's whole tongue, speak withoutrestraint, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 596; πολλὴν γ. ἐγχέας μάτην [prev. author] “fragment” 929 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακὰ γ. slander, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.283: _plural_, ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις] Refs 5th c.BC+], i.e. with blasphemies, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 962 (Lyric poetry), compare “Aj.” 199 (Lyric poetry): βοῦς, κ ῇς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ, see at {βοῦς, κλείς}. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]