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ψελλίζω

psellizo

falter in speech, speak inarticulately

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ψελλίζω, (ψελλός) A. falter in speech, speak inarticulately, like a child, ψ. καὶ τραυλίζουσι Arist. HA 536b8:—so in Med., Pl. Grg. 485b, 485c; ψελλίζονται καὶ τραυλίζουσι (-ονται Bonitz), τοῦτο δʼ ἐστὶν ἔνδεια τῶν γραμμάτων Arist. PA 660a26; ψελλιζόμενος τὴν Ἑλλάδα φωνήν Hld. 8.15: metaph., of Empedocles and the early philosophers, speak indistinctly, ἃ ψελλίζεται λέγων Ἐμπεδοκλῆς Arist. Metaph. 985a5; ψελλιζομένῃ ἔοικεν ἡ πρώτη φιλοσοφία περὶ πάντων ib.993a15; of metals, hesitate to alloy, Id. GC 328b9:—Act. is later in this sense, used of Aristotle, Phld. Rh. 2.51S. 2. metaph., ψελλιζόμενος ἐς τὰ πολεμικά, of a boy soldier, Philostr. Her. 19.2.
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