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Γλωσσαλγίαν · verbosity, wordiness (γ 294) · Suda

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Near γ294

γ290needling-wheedling-controversial
γ291longs for
γ292buttock
γ293Glonys
γ294verbosity, wordiness
γ295tongue
γ296o tongue where are you going?
γ297garrulous habit
γ298advocacy of the treasury

Suda/Γ gamma/γ294

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Γλωσσαλγίαν

verbosity, wordiness

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Jul 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

definition
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3 words

Translation

[Meaning] idle verbiage.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γλωσσαλγίαν· ἀργολογίαν.

Betacode

*glwssalgi/an: a)rgologi/an.

Notes

Accusative case of this feminine noun, with same glossing in some other lexica; surely quoted from Euripides, Medea 525.
cf. generally gamma 295.

Neighbouring entries

γ292Γλουτόνbuttock γ293ΓλώνυςGlonys γ294Γλωσσαλγίανverbosity, wordiness γ295Γλῶσσανtongue γ296Γλῶσσα ποῖ πορεύῃ;o tongue where are you going?

Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Sep 2015

28 Sep 2015Revised — David Whitehead
8 Jun 2012x-ref; another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
11 Jul 2002added note and keyword — David Whitehead
10 Jul 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Γλωσσαλγίαν (Adler number gamma 294), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 10 Jul 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/gamma/294

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗