1. τερετίζω · teretizō — Beekes
The corpus record
τερετ-ίζω
teretizo
to twitter, chirp, hum
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Where it lives
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. τερετίζω · teretizō — Chantraine
3. τερετίζω · teretizō — Frisk
4. τερετίζω · teretizō — Frisk
5. τερετ-ίζω · teret-izō — LSJ
hum a tune, τερετιῶ τι πτιστικόν Phryn.Com. 14, cf. Teles p.7 H., Arist. Pr. 918a30, Babr. 9.4, Alciphr. 3.55; πρὸς τὸ δίχορδον τ. Euphro 1.34; αὐτὸς αὑτῷ τ. Thphr. Char. 27.15:—Pass., Phld. Mus. p.99 K.
twitter, of swallows, Hsch.
accompany with the voice, = τὸ αὐτὸ μέλος ᾄδειν, Phot., Suid.
talk idly, prattle, Zeno Stoic. 1.23: cf. συντερετίζω. (Onomatop.)
In the wild
- τερετίζειν · teretizein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4891)
Where it came from
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