λάλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of imitative origin; compare German lallen (“to babble”). Compare Ancient Greek λαλέω (laléō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.los/ → /ˈla.los/ → /ˈla.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.los/

Adjective

λᾰ́λος • (lắlos) m or f (neuter λᾰ́λον); second declension

1. talkative, babbling, loquacious

   Synonyms: πολύλογος (polúlogos), στωμύλος (stōmúlos)

   • 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 462
   • 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 653
   • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 515e
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 5.75
   • Orph., A. 709
   • Palatine Anthology 7.417.10
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1277b.23
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 536a.24
   • Palatine Anthology 7.195
   • AJA 17.162
   • 86 CE – 160 CE, Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander 1.25.8
   • Anacreont. 11.7
   • 230 CE – 238 CE, Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.30
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 91
   • 375 BCE – 275 BCE, Alexis 92
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 416
   • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 315
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 164

Usage notes

• Note that this adjective’s comparative and superlative degrees are irregularly formed, being λαλίστερος (not *λαλώτερος) and λαλίστατος (not *λαλώτατος), respectively.

Declension

Second declension of λᾰ́λος; λᾰ́λον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λᾰ́λος lắlos	λᾰ́λον lắlon		λᾰ́λω lắlō	λᾰ́λω lắlō		λᾰ́λοι lắloi	λᾰ́λᾰ lắlă
Genitive		λᾰ́λου lắlou	λᾰ́λου lắlou		λᾰ́λοιν lắloin	λᾰ́λοιν lắloin		λᾰ́λων lắlōn	λᾰ́λων lắlōn
Dative		λᾰ́λῳ lắlōi	λᾰ́λῳ lắlōi		λᾰ́λοιν lắloin	λᾰ́λοιν lắloin		λᾰ́λοις lắlois	λᾰ́λοις lắlois
Accusative		λᾰ́λον lắlon	λᾰ́λον lắlon		λᾰ́λω lắlō	λᾰ́λω lắlō		λᾰ́λους lắlous	λᾰ́λᾰ lắlă
Vocative		λᾰ́λε lắle	λᾰ́λον lắlon		λᾰ́λω lắlō	λᾰ́λω lắlō		λᾰ́λοι lắloi	λᾰ́λᾰ lắlă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		λᾰ́λως lắlōs			λᾰλίστερος lălísteros			λᾰλίστᾰτος lălístătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λᾰλῐᾱ́ (lălĭā́)
• λᾰ́λον (lắlon)

References

• “λάλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press