talk

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verb intransitive

Ar. and P. διαλέγεσθαι.

talk about: P. διαλέγεσθαι περί (gen.).

speak of mean: P. and V. λέγω, λέγειν (acc.), φράζειν (acc.), V. ἐννέπειν (acc.); see mean.

talk over (a person); see persuade; (a thing); see discuss.

talk to: Ar. and P. διαλέγεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), V. διὰ λόγων ἀφικνεῖσθαι (dat.); see converse with.

chatter: P. and V. λαλεῖν, θρυλεῖν, Ar. and P. φλυαρεῖν, P. ἀδολεσχεῖν, V. πολυστομεῖν, Ar. φληναφᾶν, στωμύλλεσθαι.

blab: P. and V. ἐκλαλεῖν (Euripides, Fragment).

substantive

conversation: P. διάλεκτος, ἡ, διάλογος, ὁ, P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, or pl., V. βάξις, ἡ (Euripides, Medea 1374).

intercourse: P. and V. ὁμιλία, ἡ, κοινωνία, ἡ, συνουσία, ἡ.

gossip: V. λέσχαι, αἱ.

chatter: Ar. and P. λαλιά, ἡ, ἀδολεσχία, ἡ, V. λαλήματα, τά, P. πολυλογία, ἡ.

be the talk of the town, v.: use P. and V. θρυλεῖσθαι.