μωρολογία
ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A silly talk, Arist.HA492b2, Ep.Eph.5.4, Plu.2.504b, S.E.M.1.174.
German (Pape)
[Seite 226] ἡ, das Einfältig-, Thörichtreden; Arist. H. A. 1, 11; N. T. u. sonst bei Sp., wie Plut. de garrul. 4; S. Emp. adv. gramm. 174.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μωρολογία: ἡ, μωρὰ ὁμιλία, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 11, 5, Πλούτ. 2. 504Β, Κ. Δ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
sottise de celui qui tient un langage insensé.
Étymologie: μωρολόγος.
English (Strong)
from a compound of μωρός and λέγω; silly talk, i.e. buffoonery: foolish talking.
English (Thayer)
μωρολογιας, ἡ (μωρολόγος), (stultiloquium, Plautus, Vulg.), foolish talking: Aristotle, h. a. 1,11; Pint. mor., p. 504b.) (Cf. Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § xxxiv.)
