λᾰλ-ιά,
poetry λᾰλ-ιή, ἡ, talk, chat, λαλιὰν ἀσκῆσαι, ἐπιτηδεῦσαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 931 (_anapaest meter_), “Ra.” 1069; πέρας ποιεῖ λαλιᾶς 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 66.3, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Hermesianax Elegiacus 7.78, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.440 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; common talk, report, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.20.5; τῆς εὐανδρίας τινός LXX.2Mac.8.7; ἀχέων “APl.” 4.134 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); λαλιάν τινα ποιεῖν LXX.Sir.42.11 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; in good sense, discussion, ἡ περὶ βυβλίων λ. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.23.4, compare 36.12.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; speech, conversation, [[NT.John.8.43] NT]; matter, subject, [[ LXX.Eccl.3.18. ] LXX]
__2 loquacity, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.49, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 806b18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 46. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II a form of speech, dialect, [[NT.Matt.26.73; ἡ λ. σου ὡραία LXX.Cant.4.3 ] LXX+NT]; style, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.27 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]