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βάβαξ

From LSJ

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.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: bábax Transliteration B: babax Transliteration C: vavaks Beta Code: ba/bac

English (LSJ)

ακος, ὁ, chatterer, Archil.33, Lyc.472.

Spanish (DGE)

-ακος, ὁ
• Prosodia: [βᾰβᾰκ-]
1 charlatán, gárrulo κατ' οἶκον ἐστρωφᾶτο μισητὸς β. Archil.65, στεῖλαι τριπλᾶς θύγατρας ὁ σπείρας β. Lyc.472, cf. Hsch., Et.Gen.β 3, Et.Sym.β 3B.
2 βάβακα· τὸν γάλλον Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 423] ακος = vor. 1), Archil. 26; Lycophr. 472.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ακος (ὁ, ἡ)
le « babillard » :
1 nom du galle (γάλλος) HSCH;
2 fam. p. cigale;
3 fam. p. grenouille.
Étymologie: DELG onomatopée, cf. βαΰζω.
Syn. 2) λακέτας, ἠχέτης.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

βάβαξ: ὁ, (βαβάζω) φλύαρος, Ἀρχίλ. 29· παρ᾿ Ἡσυχ. βαβάκτης· - βαβάκτης· ὡσαύτως, ὁ μεγαλοφώνως ὁμιλῶν, κεκράκτης, “φωνακλᾶς”, θορυβωδῶς διασκεδάζων, ἐπίθ. τοῦ Πανός, Κρατ. Ἀδήλ. 22, πρβλ. Εὐστ. 1431. 46.

Greek Monolingual

βάβαξ (-ακος), ο (Α)
φλύαρος, πολυλογάς.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Ονοματοποιημένη λ. που συνδέεται με τα βαβάζω, βάζω, κ.ά.].

Translations

talkative

Arabic: ثَرْثَار‎; Armenian: խոսուն, լեզվանի; Aromanian: limbutsescu, limbar; Azerbaijani: söhbətcil; Belarusian: гаварлі́вы, гаваркі́, размоўны; Bulgarian: приказлив, словоохотлив, разговорлив; Chinese Mandarin: 貧嘴, 贫嘴; Czech: upovídaný, povídavý; Danish: snaksom,snaksaglig; Dutch: spraakzaam, praatgraag, babbelziek; English: chatty, gabby, loquacious, outgoing, talksome, outspoken; Esperanto: parolema; Finnish: puhelias, suulas, suupaltti; French: bavard, loquace; Galician: falador, paroleiro, faladeiro; German: gesprächig, redselig; Greek: φλύαρος, ομιλητικός, λαλίστατος; Ancient Greek: γλώσσαλγος, γλώσσαργος, γλωσσώδης, ἑτοιμολόγος, λακερός, λάληθρος, λάλος, περίλαλος, πολύλαλος, πολύλογος, πολύφωνος, πρόγλωσσος, στωμυλήθρας, στωμύληθρος, στωμύλος, φιλόλογος, φλύαρος; Hebrew: דברן‎, פטפטן‎, פטפטני‎; Hungarian: beszédes, bőbeszédű; Icelandic: málglaður, skrafhreifinn; Ido: babilema; Indonesian: banyak omong; Irish: béalráiteach; Italian: loquace, chiacchierino, garrulo; Japanese: おしゃべり好きな; Javanese: cangkeman; Kapampangan: malabit; Korean: 수다스럽다; Kurdish Central Kurdish: زمان پاراو‎; Latin: loquax, garrulus, multiloquus; Latvian: runīgs, valodīgs, mutīgs, pļāpīgs; Luxembourgish: gespréicheg; Macedonian: разговорлив; Malayalam: വാചാലം; Maori: kōtetetete, matakuikui, hautete, whakapūkahu; Norwegian Bokmål: pratsom; Nynorsk: pratsam; Polish: gadatliwy, rozmowny; Portuguese: falador, falante, conversador, tagarela; Romanian: vorbăreț, flecar, limbut, guraliv, gureș; Russian: разговорчивый, словоохотливый, болтливый, беседливый, говорливый, гаваркі; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: бр̏бљав, прѝчљив, гово̀рљив; Roman: bȑbljav, prìčljiv, govòrljiv; Slovak: ukecaný, utáraný, zhovorčivý; Slovene: zgovoren, klepetav; Spanish: hablador, conversador; Swedish: pratglad, pratsam; Tatar: сүзчән; Turkish: konuşkan, şapır; Ukrainian: балакучий, говіркий, балакливий, говірливий, розмовний; Volapük: spikotälik; Welsh: siaradus, chwedleugar

loquacious

Aromanian: limbutsescu, limbar, zburyearcu, lafãzan; Bulgarian: бъбрив; Catalan: loquaç; Chinese Mandarin: 貧嘴, 贫嘴, 多嘴; Czech: povídavý; Dutch: praatziek, praatgraag; Finnish: puhelias, suulas; French: loquace; German: gesprächig, redselig, geschwätzig, schwatzhaft; Greek: ομιλητικός; Ancient Greek: λάλος, πολύλογος, τανύγλωσσος; Irish: teangach, béalach; Italian: loquace; Japanese: 多弁な; Latin: loquax, garrulus; Macedonian: зборлив, благоглаголив; Maori: tātākī, pukukōrero, kōtetetete; Mongolian: ам задгай; Norwegian: plaprende; Polish: gadatliwy; Portuguese: loquaz; Romanian: vorbăreț, limbut, flecar, gureș, guraliv; Russian: словоохотливый, разговорчивый, говорливый, болтливый; Scottish Gaelic: beulach, bruithneach, labhairteach, gobach. cabach; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: причљив; Roman: pričljiv; Spanish: locuaz; Swedish: pratsam; Turkish: konuşgan, geveze; Volapük: spikotälik, spikodiälik

chatterbox

Arabic: ثَرْثَار; Belarusian: лапатун, лапатуха, лапатушка, ласкатун, ласкатуха, ласкатушка; Bulgarian: бъбрица, кречетало; Catalan: xerraire; Chinese Mandarin: 話匣子, 话匣子, 喋喋不休者, 話癆, 话痨; Czech: kecal; Danish: sladretaske, sludrechatol; Dutch: kletskous; Esperanto: babilemulo; Finnish: lörppö, lörpöttelijä, hölösuu; French: moulin à paroles, bavard comme une pie; Galician: charlatán; German: Dampfplauderer, Plaudertasche, Quasselstrippe, Schwätzer, Schwätzerin; Alemannic German: Chlepfe; Greek: πολυλογάς, φαφλατάς; Ancient Greek: ἀδέλεσχος, ἀδολέσχης, ἀδόλεσχος, ἀείλαλος, ἀθυρόγλωσσος, ἀθυρόγλωττος, ἀθυρόστομος, ἀπεριλάλητος, βάβαξ, γλώσσαλγος, γλώσσαργος, γλωσσώδης, Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖον, ἑτοιμολόγος, κωτίλος, λακερός, λάληθρος, λάλημα, λαλητρίς, λάλος, λεσχήν, λεσχηνευτής, λογολέσχης, μακρολόγος, πανθρύλιος, πάνθρυλος, περίλαλος, περισσολόγος, πολύλαλος, πολυλόγος, πολύλογος, πολύφωνος, πρόγλωσσος, ῥεολόγος, ῥειολόγος, ῥωποπερπερήθρας, σπερμολόγος, στωμυλήθρας, στωμύληθρος, στώμυλμα, στωμύλος, φάτης, φιλόλογος, φλέδων, φλήναφος, φλῆφος, φλύαρος; Hungarian: locsi-fecsi, szélkelep; Irish: cabaire; Italian: chiacchierone, ciancione, linguacciuto; Japanese: おしゃべり; Kazakh: сумақай; Latin: lingulaca; Latvian: pļāpa; Macedonian: кречетало, брборко, алапача; Maori: kohe, komarero, pane kākā, ngutu kotete; Norman: bailleux d'goule, caqu'teux; Occitan: barjacaire, charraire; Plautdietsch: Plaupamul; Polish: gaduła; Portuguese: tagarela, falador, gralha, grafonola; Russian: болтун, болтунья, болтушка, лопотун, лопотуха, лопотунья; Serbo-Croatian: brbljavac, brbljavica; Spanish: loro, lora, charlatán, cotorra, parlanchín; Tangut: 𗀁𗢯; Turkish: geveze, şapır; Ukrainian: балакун, балакуха, лепетун, лепетуха; Walloon: tchafiåd, tchafete, berdeleu, Mareye-tarame