φλύᾱρ-ος [ῠ], ὁ,
silly talk, foolery, nonsense, τἄλλα πάντ᾽ ἐστὶ φ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 365 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 541.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 365e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 2, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, fooleries, πολλῶν φλυάρων καὶ ταὧν ἀντάξια [[ 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 27. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II tattler, babbler, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 369a, NT.1Tim.5.13, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.5, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]: as adjective, ἡ φ. φιλοσοφία [[ LXX.4Mac.5.10; φ. λόγος 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 26; φ. γλῶττα 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.69 ] LXX+1st c.BC+]: comparative φλυαρότερος [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.19.10. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb φλυάρως[[ Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 855. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]