ψελλίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(ψελλός) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">falter in speech, speak inarticulately</b>, like a child, ψ. καὶ τραυλίζουσι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>536b8</span>:—so in Med., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>485b</span>, <span class="bibl">485c</span>; <b class="b3">ψελλίζονται καὶ τραυλίζουσι</b> (<b class="b3">-ονται</b> Bonitz), τοῦτο δ' ἐστὶν ἔνδεια τῶν γραμμάτων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>660a26</span>; ψελλιζόμενος τὴν Ἑλλάδα φωνήν <span class="bibl">Hld.8.15</span>: metaph., of Empedocles and the early philosophers, <b class="b2">speak indistinctly</b>, ἃ ψελλίζεται λέγων Ἐμπεδοκλῆς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>985a5</span>; <b class="b3">ψελλιζομένῃ ἔοικεν ἡ πρώτη φιλοσοφία περὶ πάντων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">993a15</span>; of metals, [[hesitate]] to alloy, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GC</span>328b9</span>:—Act. is later in this sense, used of Aristotle, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.51S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ψελλιζόμενος ἐς τὰ πολεμικά</b>, of a boy soldier, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Her.</span>19.2</span>.</span>