gossip

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Γυναικὸς ἐσθλῆς ἐστι σῴζειν οἰκίαν → Salvam domum praestare matrona est probae → Die brave Frau erhält, wie's ihre Pflicht, das Haus

Menander, Monostichoi, 84

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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).