κρουνοχυτρολήραιος

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οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior

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English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A pourer forth of washy twaddle, with collat.notion of water-drinker, Com.word in Ar.Eq.89.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κρουνοχυτρολήραιος: ὁ, κωμικ. λέξις ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 89, ἀκρίτως ἐκχέων ἄφθονον καὶ μάταιον λῆρον, ἀνόητος, περιττολόγος, φλύαρος.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
flux de paroles ; bavard insupportable.
Étymologie: κρουνός, χύτρα, λῆρος.