ψιθυρίζω

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Οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → Silere non est turpe, sed frustra loqui → nicht Schweigen schändet, sondern Schwätzen auf gut Glück

Menander, Monostichoi, 417
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Full diacritics: ψῐθῠρίζω Medium diacritics: ψιθυρίζω Low diacritics: ψιθυρίζω Capitals: ΨΙΘΥΡΙΖΩ
Transliteration A: psithyrízō Transliteration B: psithyrizō Transliteration C: psithyrizo Beta Code: yiquri/zw

English (LSJ)

Dor. ψῐθῠρ-ίσδω: (ψίθυρος):—

   A whisper, Pl.Grg.485e; πρός τινα Id.Euthd.276d, Duris69J.; ἀλλήλοις Theoc.27.68.    2 whisper what one dares not speak out, whisper slanders, κατά τινος Alciphr.3.58, LXXPs.40(41).7; ψ. και' διαβάλλειν Them.Or.21.262c:—Pass., τὸ ψιθυριζόμενον ὄνομα Plu.Alc.23.    3 metaph. of trees, whisper (i. e. rustle), ὁπόταν πλάτανος πτελέᾳ ψιθυρίζῃ Ar. Nu.1008 (anap.); also of swallows, twitter, Poll.5.90.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1399] dor. ψιθυρίσδω, Theocr. 2, 141, zischeln, flüstern, heimlich in's Ohr sagen, einflüstern, zuraunen; Plat. πρός τινα, Euthyd. 276 d Gorg. 485 d; Pol. 15, 27, 10; Plut. Alc. 23; bes. Lügen, Verleumdungen einflüstern, Sp. – Aber auch von Schwalben, zwitschern, Poll. 5, 90; von Bäumen, säuseln, ὅταν πλάτανος πτελέᾳ ψιθυρίζῃ Ar. Nubb. 995.