The corpus record

ἀδο-λεσχία

adoleschia · ἡ

prating, garrulity

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Where it lives

Rhetoric 3 · 0.7/10k
Parmenides 1 · 0.66/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Psalmi 2 · 0.58/10k
Regnorum IV 1 · 0.58/10k
Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k

What it meant

ἀδο-λεσχία · ado-leschia — LSJ

prating, garrulity

prating, garrulity, Ar. Nu. 1480, Isoc. 13.8, Pl. Tht. 195c, Arist. Rh. 1390a9, Thphr. Char. 3: pl., Simp. in Ph. 1141.8.

II keenness, subtlety

keenness, subtlety, Pl. Phdr. 269e.

III conversation, talk

conversation, talk, LXX 4 Ki. 9.11, Ps. 54(55).2.

In the wild

ἀδολεσχία · adoleschia Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
ἀδολεσχίας · adoleschias Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
ἀδολεσχίαν · adoleschian Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
ἀδολεσχίας · adoleschias Plato, Parmenides 135
ἀδολεσχίας · adoleschias Plato, Phaedrus 270 (DIORISIS sentence 798)
ἀδολεσχίαν · adoleschian Plato, Theaetetus 195

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Where it came from

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