ψῐθῠρ-ίζω,
Doric dialect ψῐθῠρ-ίσδω: (ψίθυρος):— whisper, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 485e; πρός τινα [prev. author] “Euthd.” 276d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Duris Epigrammaticus 69J.; ἀλλήλοις 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.68. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 whisper what one dares not speak out, whisper slanders, κατά τινος [[ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.58, LXX.Psa.40(41).7; ψ. και᾽ διαβάλλειν 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 21.262c ] LXX+4th c.AD+]:—passive, τὸ ψιθυριζόμενον ὄνομα [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 23. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 metaphorically of trees, whisper (i. e. rustle), ὁπόταν πλάτανος πτελέᾳ ψιθυρίζῃ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1008 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of swallows, twitter, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.90. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]