λάλος

lalos

talkative, babbling, loquacious

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Divination in Sleep 1
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Chapter 2 463b12–464b18

463b17
History of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 9 535a27–536b23

536a24
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

810b15
Politics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32

1277b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

λάλος [ᾰ], ον, A. talkative, babbling, loquacious, E. Supp. 462, Ar. Pax 653, Pl. Grg. 515e, Theoc. 5.75; λ. τρόπις, of Argo, Orph. A. 709; λ. γῆρας AP 7.417.10 (Mel.); of women, dub. in Arist. Pol. 1277b23; of birds, Id. HA 536a24 (Comp.): metaph., λάλοι πτέρυγες AP 7.195 (Mel.); λ. κερκίς AJA 17.162 (Cyrene); of the swallow, Arr. An. 1.25.8; ὕδωρ Anacreont. 11.7; τὸ λ., = λαλιά, Philostr. Im. 1.5; of style, ἡ ἰδέα τοῦ λόγου λ. μᾶλλον ἢ ἐναγώνιος Id. VS 2.30: irreg. Comp.λαλίστερος Ar. Ra. 91, Alex. 92, Men. 416, Arist. HA l.c.: Sup. λαλίστατος E. Cyc. 315, Men. 164.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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