gossip
From LSJ
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and P. λαλιά, ἡ, V. λαλήματα, τά, λέσχαι, αἱ.
person who gossips: V. λάλημα, τό, or use adj., P. and V. λάλος, V. στόμαργος, P. σπερμολόγος.
verb intransitive
chatter: P. and V. λαλεῖν, θρυλεῖν, ἐκλαλεῖν (Euripides, Fragment).
listen, Odysseus, let us have some gossip with you: V. ἄκου' Ὀδυσσεῦ διαλαλήσωμέν τί σοι (Euripides, Cyclops 175).
