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|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῐ], η, ον</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[chattering]], [[babbling]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.295</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>683.3</span>; of women, <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.89</span>; <b class="b3">κωτίλε</b> (<b class="b3">-ιλλε</b> codd.) 'chatterbox', gloss on [[τέττα]], Hellad. ap. <span class="bibl">Phot.<span class="title">Bibl.</span>p.531</span> B.; of the swallow, [[twittering]], <span class="bibl">Anacr.154</span>, <span class="bibl">Simon.243</span>; generally, of animals, [[vocal]], opp. <b class="b3">σιγηλός</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>488a33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[lively]], [[expressive]], ῥήματα <span class="bibl">Theoc. 20.7</span>; <b class="b3">ὄμμα κ</b>. [[speaking]] eye, <span class="title">AP</span>5.130 (Phld.); [[persuasive]], <b class="b3">φίλτρα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">7.221</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἁρμονία, μουσική</b>, [[babbling]], i.e. [[light]], music, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span> 49</span>, Plu.2.1136b; κῶλα πολὺ τὸ κ. ἔχοντα <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>40</span>; κωτίλας ἄνακτα μοίσας <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).130.16 (Epid.).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[chattering]], [[babbling]] (Thgn., Arist.); <b class="b3">-άς</b> f. Boeot. name of the swallow (Stratt.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κωτίλλω</b> [[chatter]] (Hes., D.H.); <b class="b3">κωτιλίζω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Call.); <b class="b3">κωτιλία</b> [[chattering]] (Gloss.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Formation as <b class="b3">ποικίλος</b> a. o. (Schwyzer 484 f., Chantraine Formation 248) without etymology. Proposals in Bq and WP. 1, 384.