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|Definition=only pres., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[prattle]], [[chatter]], usu. with collat. notion of [[coaxing]], [[wheedling]], αἱμύλα κωτίλλουσα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>374</span>; μαλθακὰ κ. <span class="bibl">Thgn.852</span>; ἡδέα κωτίλλοντα καθήμενον οἰνοποτάζειν <span class="bibl">Phoc.11</span>; ἀνάνυτα κ. <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.87</span>; ἑλικτὰ ἔπη Lyc.1466; <b class="b3">κ. καὶ λιγαίνειν</b>, of a speech in court, to [[be lively]], [[tripping]], <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>44</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> trans., [[cajole]], [[beguile with fair words]], εὖ κώτιλλε τὸν ἐχθρόν <span class="bibl">Thgn.363</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ κώτιλλέ με</b> [[tease]] me not [[by prating]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>756</span>; τοιαῦτα κωτίλλουσα τὴν ἀχαΐνην <span class="bibl">Babr.95.87</span>.</span>