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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

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substantive

Ar. and P. λαλιά, ἡ, V. λαλήματα, τά, λέσχαι, αἱ.

person who gossips: V. λάλημα, τό, or use adj., P. and V. λάλος, V. στόμαργος, P. σπερμολόγος.

verb intransitive

P. λογοποιεῖν.

chatter: P. and V. λαλεῖν, θρυλεῖν, ἐκλαλεῖν (Euripides, Fragment).

listen, Odysseus, let us have some gossip with you: V. ἄκου' Ὀδυσσεῦ διαλαλήσωμέν τί σοι (Euripides, Cyclops 175).