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τραυλ-ός

traulos

«qui parle difficilement, qui blèse, bègue » (Hp

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What it meant

1. τραυλός · traulos — Chantraine

τραυλός : «qui parle difficilement, qui blèse, bègue » (Hp., Call. Com., Arist., pap.), cf, aussi chez Hdt. 4, 155, παῖς ἰσχνόφωνος καὶ τραυλός ; dit par extension d'hirondelles qui pépient (AP, A.PL). Composés : τραυλότφωνος (Hsch. su. Βάττος, cf. Hdt. Le.); τραυλο-ηχέω dit d'oiseaux (GCyran.). Au second terme ὑπό-τραυλος « qui bégaie un peus, ποικιλό-τραυλα n. pl. (Théoc.), dit du « chant » des merles. Dérivés : … — [Chantraine, s.v. τραυλός, p. 1148]

2. τραυλός · traulos — Frisk

τραυλός "mit einer Sprachstörung behaftet, mangelhaft, holperig sprechend’ z.B. “lispelnd, stotternd’, übertr. von Schwalben ‘zwitschernd’ (Hdt., Hp., Kall. Kom., Arist., AP u.a.), τραυλό-φωνος H. 5. Βάττος (neben ἐἰσχνόφωνος ; aus Hdt. 4, 155), ὑπό-τραυλος “etwas lispelnd’ (Hp.), ποικιλό-τραυλα (Theok., von den μέλη der κόσσυφοι); PN Τραύλη (Luer.; Schulze Kl. Schr. 680). — Davon τραυλ-ότης f. "Sprachstörung’ … — [Frisk, s.v. τραυλός, p. 1891]

3. τραυλ-ός · traul-os — LSJ

mispronouncing letters, lisping, stammering

mispronouncing letters, lisping, stammering, Hp. Aph. 6.32, Call.Com. 19, PSI 3.220.18 (iii A. D.), etc.; esp. of children, παῖς ἰσχνόφωνος καὶ τ. Hdt. 4.155, cf. Arist. Aud. 801b7, Pr. 902b22.

II twittering

of the swallow, twittering, APl. 16.141 (Phil.); τραυλὰ μινύρεσθαι AP 9.70 (Mnasalc.), cf. 57 (Pamphil.).

III oily quality

τὸ τ. τῶν λίθων the oily quality in stones, Olymp.Alch. p.97 B.

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