λαλέω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: `[[talk]], [[chat]], [[prattle]] (Att.), `[[speak]] (Arist., hell.), NGr. also `[[drive]] of cattle etc., prop. `[[induce to go]].<br />Other forms: aor. [[λαλῆσαι]].<br />Compounds: also with prefix, e. g. <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>.<br />Derivatives: As backformations: 1. [[λάλος]] `[[chattering]] (Att.) with <b class="b3">λαλίσ-τερος</b>, <b class="b3">-τατος</b> (Leumann Mus. Helv. 2, 11), also [[κατάλαλος]] from <b class="b3">κατα-λαλέω</b>; poet. transformations [[λαλιός]], [[λαλοεις]] `<b class="b2">id.</b>' (AP); 2. [[λάλη]] f. `[[chatter]] (Com. Adesp., Luc.). - Further: 1. [[λαλιά]] (also with <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b> from <b class="b3">κατα-λαλέω</b>) [[chatter]], [[talk]] (Att., hell.), or connected with [[λάλος]] (cf. SchellerOxytonierung 80f., Schwyzer 469). 2. [[λάλημα]], [[λάλησις]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Att.). 3. [[λαλητός]] `[[able to speak]] (LXX), [[περιλάλητος]] `[[much discussed]] (Agath.); [[λαλητικός]] [[chattering]] (Ar.). 4. [[λαλητρίς]] f. `[[chattr-ess]] (AP), [[λάληθρος]] `[[tweddler]] (Lyc., AP; cf. [[στωμύληθρος]] and Chantraine Form. 372f.). - 5. With <b class="b3">γ-</b>suffix (cf. [[σμαραγέω]], [[οἰμώζω]], <b class="b3">-ωγή</b> etc.; Schwyzer 496, Chantraine 401): [[λαλαγέω]] of unarticulated sounds `[[babble]], [[chirrup]], [[chirp]] (Pi., Theoc., AP), also [[λαλάζω]], <b class="b3">-άξαι</b> `<b class="b2">id.</b> (Anacr., H.); here <b class="b3">λαλαγ-ή</b>, <b class="b3">-ημα</b>, <b class="b3">-ητής</b> (Opp., AP, H.); <b class="b3">λάλαγες χλωροὶ βάτραχοι</b> ... <b class="b3">οἱ δε ὀρνέου εἶδός φασι</b> H. - Also with geminate: [[λάλλαι]] pl. f. [[pebbles]] (Theoc., H., EM).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [650] redupl. <b class="b2">lal-</b> from <b class="b2">*leh₂-?</b><br />Etymology: Ending as in [[σμαραγέω]], [[κελαδέω]], [[βομβέω]] and other sound-verbs (cf. Schwyzer 726 n. 5). - Onomatopoetic elementary creation like e. g. Lat. [[lallāre]], Lith. <b class="b2">lalúoti</b> 'Germ. [[lallen]]; WP. 2, 376, Pok. 650, W.-Hofmann s. [[lallō]], Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. <b class="b2">lalė́ti</b> .