λαλαγέω
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
A babble, Pi.O.2.97; μὴ λαλάγει τὰ τοιαῦτ' ib.9.40; of birds and grasshoppers, chirrup, chirp, Theoc.5.48, 7.139; humorously, of the swallow which announces spring, Cic.Att.9.18.3 (dub. l.), 10.2.1, alluding to AP10.1 (Leon.); of Echo, ib.6.54.9 (Paul. Sil.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 9] schwatzen, plaudern, μὴ νῦν λαλάγει τὰ τοιαῦτα, Pind. Ol. 9, 43; von Vögeln, ταὶ δ' ἐπὶ δένδρῳ ὄρνιχες λαλαγεῦντι, Theocr. 5, 48 (Schol. λιγυρὸν ᾄδουσι), wie ἀηδόνες λαλαγεῦσι, Marian. 2 (IX, 668); χελιδών, Leon. Tar. 57 (X, 1); vom Wiederhall, Paul. Sil. 48 (VI, 54), u. öfter in der Anth.; auch τέττιγες, Theocr. 7, 139. Vgl. λαλάζω.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λᾰλᾰγέω: φλυαρῶ, Πινδ. Ο. 2. 176˙ μὴ λαλάγει τὰ τοιαῦτα αὐτόθι 9. 60˙ ἐπὶ πτηνῶν καὶ τεττίγων, τερετίζω, πιππύζω, κτίζω, Θεόκρ. 5. 48., 7. 139˙ ἀστείως, ἐπὶ ἐπιστολῆς τερετιζούσης περὶ τοῦ ἔαρος, παρὰ τῷ Κικ. πρὸς Ἀττ. 9. 18, 3., 10. 2, 1˙ ἐπὶ τῆς ἠχοῦς, Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 54, 9˙ πρβλ. λαλέω.
