ψιθυρίζω

English (LSJ)

Dor. ψῐθῠρ-ίσδω: (ψίθυρος):—

   A whisper, Pl.Grg.485e; πρός τινα Id.Euthd.276d, Duris69J.; ἀλλήλοις Theoc.27.68.    2 whisper what one dares not speak out, whisper slanders, κατά τινος Alciphr.3.58, LXXPs.40(41).7; ψ. και' διαβάλλειν Them.Or.21.262c:—Pass., τὸ ψιθυριζόμενον ὄνομα Plu.Alc.23.    3 metaph. of trees, whisper (i. e. rustle), ὁπόταν πλάτανος πτελέᾳ ψιθυρίζῃ Ar. Nu.1008 (anap.); also of swallows, twitter, Poll.5.90.