οἱ δε ὀρνέου εἶδός φασι

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `talk, chat, prattle' (Att.), ` speak' (Arist., hell.), NGr. also ` drive' of cattle etc., prop. ` induce to go'.

Other forms: aor. λαλῆσαι.

Compounds: also with prefix, e. g. δια-, κατα-, περι-, συν-, ἐκ-.

Derivatives: As backformations: 1. λάλος ` chattering' (Att.) with λαλίσ-τερος, - τατος (Leumann Mus. Helv. 2, 11), also κατάλαλος from κατα-λαλέω; poet. transformations λαλιός, λαλοεις `id.' (AP); 2. λάλη f. ` chatter' ( Com. Adesp., Luc.). - Further: 1. λαλιά (also with κατα-, συν- from κατα-λαλέω) `chatter, talk' (Att., hell.), or connected with λάλος (cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 80f., Schwyzer 469). 2. λάλημα, λάλησις `id.' (Att.). 3. λαλητός ` able to speak' (LXX), περιλάλητος ` much discussed' (Agath.); λαλητικός `chattering' (Ar.). 4. λαλητρίς f. ` chattr-ess' (AP), λάληθρος ` tweddler' (Lyc., AP; cf. στωμύληθρος and Chantraine Form. 372f.). - 5. With γ-suffix (cf. σμαραγέω, οἰμώζω, - ωγή etc.; Schwyzer 496, Chantraine 401): λαλαγέω of unarticulated sounds `babble, chirrup, chirp' (Pi., Theoc., AP), also λαλάζω, - άξαι `id.' (Anacr., H.); here λαλαγ-ή, - ημα, - ητής (Opp., AP, H.); λάλαγες χλωροὶ βάτραχοι... οἱ δε ὀρνέου εἶδός φασι H. - Also with geminate: λάλλαι pl. f. `pebbles' (Theoc., H., EM).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [650] redupl. lal- from * leh₂-?

Etymology: Ending as in σμαραγέω, κελαδέω, βομβέω and other sound-verbs (cf. Schwyzer 726 n. 5). - Onomatopoetic elementary creation like e. g. Lat. lallāre, Lith. lalúoti 'Germ. lallen'; WP. 2, 376, Pok. 650, W.-Hofmann s. lallō, Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. lalė́ti.

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