The corpus record

τραυλ-ίζω

traulizo

mispronounce a letter, lisp

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Where it lives

Clouds 2 · 2.08/10k
Wasps 2 · 2.06/10k

What it meant

τραυλ-ίζω · traul-izō — LSJ

mispronounce a letter, lisp

mispronounce a letter, lisp, as Alcibiades made r into l, Ar. V. 44; ψελλίζονται καὶ τραυλίζουσι· τοῦτο δʼ ἐστὶν ἔνδεια τῶν γραμμάτων Arist. PA 660a26; πασχούσης [τῆς γλώττης] τραυλίζειν καὶ ψελλίζειν συμβαίνει Gal. 16.510; of children, Ar. Nu. 862, 1381, Arist. HA 536b8; σοφὰ . . -ίζουσα χελειδονίς IG 14.1934f7:—Med., Archipp. 45.

In the wild

τραυλίζοντος · traulizontos Aristophanes, Clouds 1380 (DIORISIS sentence 1075)
τραυλίσαντι · traulisanti Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 695)
τραυλίσας · traulisas Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 36)
ἐτραύλισεν · etraulisen Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 38)

Where it came from

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