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 • (lálos) 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 lálos	λᾰ́λον lálon		λᾰ́λω lálō	λᾰ́λω lálō		λᾰ́λοι láloi	λᾰ́λᾰ lála
Genitive		λᾰ́λου lálou	λᾰ́λου lálou		λᾰ́λοιν láloin	λᾰ́λοιν láloin		λᾰ́λων lálōn	λᾰ́λων lálōn
Dative		λᾰ́λῳ lálōi	λᾰ́λῳ lálōi		λᾰ́λοιν láloin	λᾰ́λοιν láloin		λᾰ́λοις lálois	λᾰ́λοις lálois
Accusative		λᾰ́λον lálon	λᾰ́λον lálon		λᾰ́λω lálō	λᾰ́λω lálō		λᾰ́λους lálous	λᾰ́λᾰ lála
Vocative		λᾰ́λε lále	λᾰ́λον lálon		λᾰ́λω lálō	λᾰ́λω lálō		λᾰ́λοι láloi	λᾰ́λᾰ lála
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		λᾰ́λως lálōs			λᾰλίστερος lalísteros			λᾰλίστᾰτος lalístatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λᾰλῐᾱ́ (laliā́)
• λᾰ́λον (lálon)

References

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