The corpus record

καταγλωττ-ίζω

kataglottizo

bill, kiss wantonly by joining mouths and tongues

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Where it lives

Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k

What it meant

καταγλωττ-ίζω · kataglōtt-izō — LSJ

bill, kiss wantonly by joining mouths and tongues, wanton, lascivious

bill, kiss wantonly by joining mouths and tongues, Com.Adesp. 882: hence, μέλος κατεγλωττισμένον wanton, lascivious song, Ar. Th. 131.

II use the tongue against

use the tongue against another, ψευδῆ κ. τινός Id. Ach. 380.

III talk, down

κ. τινά talk one down, hence in Pass., πόλιν ὑπὸ σοῦ κατεγλωττισμένην σιωπᾶν Id. Eq. 352.

IV composed of far-fetched words

(γλῶσσα II.2) in pf. part. Pass., composed of far-fetched words, λέξις Philostr. VA 1.17, Eun. VS p.496.25D.

In the wild

κατεγλώττιζέ · kateglōttize Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 285)
κατεγλωττισμένην · kateglōttismenēn Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 304)
κατεγλωττισμένον · kateglōttismenon Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 130 (DIORISIS sentence 114)

Where it came from

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