λαλέω

λᾰλ-έω,

A talk, chat, prattle,

ἕπου καὶ μὴ λάλει Ar.Ec.1058

, cf. V.1135;

ἡ μὲν χελιδὼν τὸ θέρος . . λαλεῖ Philem.208

;

λαλεῖς . . ἀμελήσας ἀποκρίνασθαι Pl.Euthd.287d

: c. dat., talk to one,

λαλῶν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σεαυτῷ Ar.Eq.348

;

αὑτοῖς Philem.11

;

πρὸς αὑτούς Alex.9.10

;

λ. περί τινος Pherecr.2

, Ar.Lys.627;

ὑπέρ τινος Posidipp.26.3

; opp. λέγω, λαλεῖν

ἄριστος, ἀδυνατώτατος λέγειν Eup.95

; λαλῶν μὲν . . , λέγων δέ . . D.21.118 (s.v.l.);

λαλεῖν τι ἡμῖν ὅπως ἂν ἡμᾶς ὕπνος λάβῃ Thphr.Char.7.10

: hence,

b generally, talk, speak, S.Ph.110 (v.l.for λακεῖν)

; καινὴν διάλεκτον λ. Antiph.171

;

Ἀττικιστὶ λ. Alex.195.4

. c. metaph., ζωγραφία λαλοῦσα (of poetry), opp. ποίησις σιωπῶσα (of painting), Simon. ap.Plu.2.346f.

2 talk of, τινα Alciphr.Fr.5.2;

ἀλλήλαις λαλέουσι τεὸν γάμον αἱ κυπάρισσοι Theoc.27.58

;

ἅμαξαν Stoic.2.92

:—[voice] Pass.,

πρᾶγμα κατ' ἀγορὰν λαλούμενον Ar.Th.578

.

3 in later writers, = λέγω, speak,

λαλεῖ οὐθὲν τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων πλὴν ἀνθρώπου Arist.Pr.899a1

: freq. in LXX, Ge.12.4, al.;

βασιλέως ἐναντίον Ezek.Exag.118

;

πρός τινα Act.Ap.3.22

, cf. Luc.Vit.Auct.3, etc.;

περὶ τῆς λέξεως Phld.Po.5.32

, cf. Rh.1.189 S., al.; χειρσὶν ἅπαντα λαλήσας, of a pantomime, IG14.2124: abs.,

εἴ τι μὴ λίθος, τοὔργον, ἐρεῖς, λαλήσει Herod.4.33

, cf. 6.61;

ἐλάλησεν ὁ κωφός Ev.Matt.9.33

:—[voice] Pass., λαληθήσεταί σοι ὅ τι σε δεῖ ποιεῖν it shall be told thee . . , Act.Ap.9.6.

II chatter, opp. articulate speech, as of locusts, chirp, Theoc.5.34; μεσημβρίας λαλεῖν τέττιξ (sc. εἰμί), a very grasshopper to chirp at midday, Aristopho 10.6;

ἀνθρωπίνως λ. Strato Com.1.46

.

III of musical sounds,

αὐλῷ λαλέω Theoc.20.29

; of trees, v.supr.1.2;

δι'[αὐλοῦ ἢ σάλπιγγος] λ. Arist. Aud.801a29

; of Echo, D.C.74.14: also c.acc. cogn., μάγαδιν λαλεῖν sound the μάγαδις, Anaxandr.35.