ψιθυρίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ψιθυρίσδω]]: ([[ψίθυρος]]):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[whisper]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>485e</span>; πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>276d</span>, <span class="bibl">Duris69J.</span>; ἀλλήλοις <span class="bibl">Theoc.27.68</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[whisper]] what one [[dare]]s not [[speak out]], [[whisper]] [[slander]]s, κατά τινος <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.58</span>, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ps.</span>40(41).7</span>; ψ. καί [[διαβάλλειν]] <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>21.262c</span>:—Pass., τὸ ψιθυριζόμενον ὄνομα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph. of [[tree]]s, [[whisper]] (i. e. [[rustle]]), ὁπόταν πλάτανος πτελέᾳ ψιθυρίζῃ <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Nu.</span>1008</span> (anap.); also of [[swallow]]s, [[twitter]], <span class="bibl">Poll.5.90</span>.</span>