λάλος
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ον,
A talkative, babbling, loquacious, E.Supp.462, Ar.Pax 653, Pl.Grg.515e, Theoc.5.75; λ. τρόπις, of Argo, Orph.A.709; λ. γῆρας AP7.417.10 (Mel.); of women, dub.in Arist.Pol.1277b23; of birds, Id.HA536a24 (Comp.): metaph., λάλοι πτέρυγες AP7.195 (Mel.); λ. κερκίς AJA17.162 (Cyrene); of the swallow, Arr.An.1.25.8; ὕδωρ Anacreont.11.7; τὸ λ., = λαλιά, Philostr.Im.1.5; of style, ἡ ἰδέα τοῦ λόγου λ. μᾶλλον ἢ ἐναγώνιος Id.VS2.30: irreg. Comp.λαλίστερος Ar.Ra.91, Alex.92, Men.416, Arist.HA l.c.: Sup. λαλίστατος E.Cyc.315, Men.164.
German (Pape)
[Seite 10] ον, geschwätzig, plauderhaft; Eur. Suppl. 462; Ar. Ach. 716 Thesm. 393; sp. D., γῆρας Mel. 127 (VII, 417); auch τέττιξ, Bian. 3 (IX, 273); u. in Prosa, Plat. Gorg. 515 e; Arist. polit. 3, 4; Sp., übh. = sprechend, ἐγὼ γὰρ λάλος οὐκ ἀνδριὰς (stumm wie eine Bildsäule) εἶναι βούλομαι Luc. Vit. auct. 3; – τὸ λάλον, die Geschwätzigkeit, Philostr. – Auch act., λάλον Φοίβου ὕδωρ, das beredt macht, Anacr. 11, 7; vgl. Schol. Eur. Phoen. 222. – Dazu gehört der unregelmäßige compar. λαλίστερος, Ar. Ran. 91, Alexis Ath. IV, 133 c; superl. λαλίστατος, Eur. Cycl. 315; sprichwörtlich λαλίστερος τρυγόνος, Menand. bei Zenob. 6, 8.
