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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γλῶσσα]], ἡ, often [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στόμα]] ([[mouth]]).

[[speech]], [[language]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γλῶσσα]], ἡ, [[φωνή]], ἡ, [[verse|V.]] [[φάτις]], ἡ, [[φθόγγος]], ὁ.

[[have on the tip of one's tongue]]: [[verse|V.]] [[διὰ γλώσσης ἔχειν]], cf. [[ἀνὰ στόμ' ἀεὶ καὶ διὰ γλώσσης ἔχειν]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Andromache]]'' 95), and [[ἔχειν διὰ στόμα]] ([[Aristophanes|Ar.]], Lys. 855).

[[give tongue]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κλαγγαίνειν]] ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]); see [[bark]].

[[give tongue to evil words]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιγλωσσᾶσθαι κακά]].

[[hold one's tongue]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σιγᾶν]], [[σιωπᾶν]]; see [[keep silence]], under [[silence]].

[[tie]] (a [[person]]'s) [[tongue]], [[tie tongue]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐμφράσσειν στόμα]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[ἐπιβύειν στόμα]].

[[wield a ready tongue]], v.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[γλωττοστροφεῖν]].

[[tongue of a balance]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[τρυτάνη]], ἡ.

[[tongue of a musical instrument]]. [[prose|P.]] [[γλῶσσα]], ἡ.

[[tongue of land]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἰσθμός]], ὁ, [[αὐχήν]], ὁ (Xenophon and [[Euripides]], ''[[Electra]]'' 1288).
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