σκινδάλαμος
From LSJ
λόγῳ ἀναλίσκω τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας → waste the day in idle talk, consume the duration of the day with talk
English (LSJ)
[ᾰλ], Att. σχινδάλᾰμος, ὁ,
A splinter, in form σχινδαλμός Hp.Mul.2.133 (σκινδαλαμός, σχιδαλαμός, etc. in codd.); σκινδαλμός, Dsc.1.18. II metaph., λόγων ἀκριβῶν σχινδάλαμοι strawsplittings, quibbles, Ar.Nu.130, cf. Ra.819, Luc.Hes.5; so σκινδαλμούς Alciphr.3.64:—cf. ἀνασχινδυλεύω.
