LOGOI

The corpus record

λᾰλᾰγ-έω

lalageo

babble, chirrup, chirp

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What it meant

λᾰλᾰγ-έω · lalag-eō — LSJ

babble, chirrup, chirp

babble, Pi. O. 2.97; μὴ λαλάγει τὰ τοιαῦτʼ ib. 9.40; of birds and grasshoppers, chirrup, chirp, Theoc. 5.48, 7.139; humorously, of the swallow which announces spring, Cic. Att. 9.18.3 (dub. l.), 10.2.1, alluding to AP 10.1 (Leon.); of Echo, ib. 6.54.9 (Paul.Sil.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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