λάλος

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ον,

   A talkative, babbling, loquacious, E.Supp.462, Ar.Pax 653, Pl.Grg.515e, Theoc.5.75; λ. τρόπις, of Argo, Orph.A.709; λ. γῆρας AP7.417.10 (Mel.); of women, dub.in Arist.Pol.1277b23; of birds, Id.HA536a24 (Comp.): metaph., λάλοι πτέρυγες AP7.195 (Mel.); λ. κερκίς AJA17.162 (Cyrene); of the swallow, Arr.An.1.25.8; ὕδωρ Anacreont.11.7; τὸ λ., = λαλιά, Philostr.Im.1.5; of style, ἡ ἰδέα τοῦ λόγου λ. μᾶλλον ἢ ἐναγώνιος Id.VS2.30: irreg. Comp.λαλίστερος Ar.Ra.91, Alex.92, Men.416, Arist.HA l.c.: Sup. λαλίστατος E.Cyc.315, Men.164.