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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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substantive

P. μῖλαξ, σμῖλαξ, ἡ (Plato) τάξος.

The word is also found in Eur., Bacchae 703, and Aristophanes, Nubes 1007, but apparently with a different meaning.