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ψέλλισ-μα

psellisma · τό

inarticulate speech

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What it meant — LSJ

inarticulate speech

inarticulate speech, of a childʼs attempts at talking, Him. Or. 23.21; of a nurseʼs ‘baby-talk’, Sor. 1.109 (pl.).

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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