φλυαρέω

phlyareo

talk nonsense, play the fool

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 2
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490e4
489b7
Apology 1
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19c4
Cratylus 1
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426b2
Euthydemus 1
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295c11
Lovers 1
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132b9
Republic 1
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Book I 1
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337b4
Symposium 1
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180a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

φλυαρέω, Ion. φλῠηρέω:—A. talk nonsense, play the fool, ταῦτα λέγουσι φλυηρέοντες Hdt. 2.131, cf.7.104, Ar. Eq. 545 (anap.), V. 85, Pl. 360, 575 (anap.); παῦσαι φλυαρῶν Philem. 213.1 (troch.); φλυαρεῖς πρός με Men. Pk. 146; οὐ φλυαρῶ (parenthetically) ‘no joke’, ‘seriously’, ib.153: c. acc. cogn., φάσκοντα . . ἀεροβατεῖν καὶ ἄλλην πολλὴν φλυαρίαν φλυαροῦντα Pl. Ap. 19c; πολλὰ φλυηρέεις Hdt. 7.103; ταῦτα φ. Isoc. 5.75; τοιαῦτα Pl. R. 337b; ἄφες ἂ φλυαρεῖς ταῦτα Men. Sam. 313. c. part., οὐ μὴ φλυαρήσεις ἔχων Ar. Ra. 202; φλυαρεῖς ἔχων Pl. Grg. 490e; ἔχων φ. Id. Euthd. 295c; Αἰσχύλος φ. φάσκων Id. Smp. 180a; Δερκυλίδας φ. διατρίβων X. HG 3.1.18. II. trans., prate against, ἡμᾶς 3 Ep.Jo. 10:—Pass., φλυαρηθέντες καὶ κατακερτομηθέντες Ph. 2.599; to be made a fool of, D.L. 7.173.

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