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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: `[[talk]], [[chat]], [[prattle]] (Att.), `[[speak]] (Arist., hell.), NGr. also `[[drive]] of cattle etc., prop. `<b class="b2">induce to go</b>.<br />Other forms: aor. <b class="b3">λαλῆσαι</b>.<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. <b class="b3">λάλος</b> `[[chattering]] (Att.) with <b class="b3">λαλίσ-τερος</b>, <b class="b3">-τατος</b> (Leumann Mus. Helv. 2, 11), also <b class="b3">κατάλαλος</b> from <b class="b3">κατα-λαλέω</b>; poet. transformations <b class="b3">λαλιός</b>, <b class="b3">λαλοεις</b> `<b class="b2">id.</b>' (AP); 2. <b class="b3">λάλη</b> f. `[[chatter]] (Com. Adesp., Luc.). - Further: 1. <b class="b3">λαλιά</b> (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 <b class="b3">λάλος</b> (cf. SchellerOxytonierung 80f., Schwyzer 469). 2. <b class="b3">λάλημα</b>, <b class="b3">λάλησις</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Att.). 3. <b class="b3">λαλητός</b> `<b class="b2">able to speak</b> (LXX), <b class="b3">περιλάλητος</b> `<b class="b2">much discussed</b> (Agath.); <b class="b3">λαλητικός</b> [[chattering]] (Ar.). 4. <b class="b3">λαλητρίς</b> f. `<b class="b2">chattr-ess</b> (AP), <b class="b3">λάληθρος</b> `[[tweddler]] (Lyc., AP; cf. <b class="b3">στωμύληθρος</b> and Chantraine Form. 372f.). - 5. With <b class="b3">γ-</b>suffix (cf. <b class="b3">σμαραγέω</b>, <b class="b3">οἰμώζω</b>, <b class="b3">-ωγή</b> etc.; Schwyzer 496, Chantraine 401): <b class="b3">λαλαγέω</b> of unarticulated sounds `[[babble]], [[chirrup]], [[chirp]] (Pi., Theoc., AP), also <b class="b3">λαλάζω</b>, <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: <b class="b3">λάλλαι</b> 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 <b class="b3">σμαραγέω</b>, <b class="b3">κελαδέω</b>, <b class="b3">βομβέω</b> 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> .

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