μαψυλάκας

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English (LSJ)

[ᾰκ], α, ὁ, (ὑλάω, ὑλακτῶ)

   A idly barking, i.e. repeating a thing again and again, Pi.N.7.105: μαψυλάκαν γλῶσσαν (fem.) prob. for μαψυλάκταν in Sapph.27.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου;
adj. m.
qui bavarde à tort et à travers.
Étymologie: μάψ, ὑλάσσω.

English (Slater)

μαψυλάκας
   1chatterer ταὐτὰ δὲ τρὶς τετράκι τ' ἀμπολεῖν ἀπορία τελέθει, τέκνοισιν ἅτε μαψυλάκας Διὸς Κόρινθος” (μαψυλάκαις coni. J. G. Schneider: cf. Fränkel, Nom. Ag., 2. 95.) (N. 7.105)