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γ230Γῇ θάλατταν συναναμίγνυσινthey mix up the sea with the earthThe proverb [is used] in reference to those who are excessively angered.Matched in headwordhighshort
α3044Ἀπεριλάλητονnot to be out-talked[Meaning someone] either not knowing [how] to speak or someone one could not out-talk.Matched in translationhighshort
α3402Ἀπόλογος ἈλκίνουAlkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who talk nonsense and stretch a tale out at length.Matched in translationhighshort
ε3521Εὐθυρρήμωνstraight-talking[Meaning] truth-speaking. Also [sc. attested is] a verb eu)qurhmonw= ["I am a straight-talker"]. When Aristophanes says to\ dei=na ["such-and-such"], he avoids saying directly that what is about to be said is distasteful, so that …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2387Κρημνοκοπεῖνto make big talk[Meaning] to boast, to brag; to use grand diction.Matched in headwordhighshort
αι37Αἰγιάζεινto talk of goats"But you sit here talking of goats."Matched in translationhighshort
α4540Αὐτοῖς ταλάροις ἐσθίεις τὸν τυρόνyou are eating the cheese (with) baskets and all[It is] natural to Athenians to say [this] without the preposition syn ["with"]: arms and all, baskets and all.Matched in headwordhighshort
α2537Ἄνθρωπος λυπησιλόγοςa man who gives pain by talking… means he who is paining those nearby because of his talking. Cratinus [sc. uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort
λ79Λαλίστερονmore talkative, rather talkative[Meaning] more/rather chatty, more/rather loquacious.Matched in headwordhighshort
λ78Λαλίστατονmost talkative, very talkative[Meaning] clever[ness] in utterance. Also called this is someone with a good tongue and a most/very pleasant voice.Matched in headwordhighshort
ε142Ἐγγλωττοτυπεῖνto beat with the tongue, to talk loudly about[Meaning] to make a noise with the tongue about the accomplishments and to speak gravely about their accomplishments and always to have [them] on one's tongue.Matched in headwordhighshort
μ384ΜεγαρίζοντεςMegarizing; acting like Megarians; talking like Megarians[Meaning those who are] suffering from famine; or talking big.Matched in translationhighshort
α4076Ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγειςyou talk more old-fashioned than the hide[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those saying unsound and outdated things. For the hide is very old, [the one] on which Zeus supposedly wrote what things came into being.Matched in headwordhighshort
α501Ἀδολεσχίαidle talk[Meaning] tactlessness, nonsense, incessant [chatter]. Attic [writers] lengthen the alpha. But a)dolesxi/a ["meditation"] in the Scripture [is] continuous attention. And [it is construed] with the genitive. [Note also the future tense] a)dolesxh/sw, meaning I …Matched in headwordhighshort
δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors[Dithyramb-directors] talk much about things in the sky and about the clouds, and they used to make up compound words and said endiaeriaierinechetous; such a man was Ion of Chios, the poet. He wrote …Matched in translationhighmedium
α425ἈδάμAdam… Hatcher of Heresy invented and carved out. Hence the wretched tales of the Egyptians about Osiris and Typhon and Isis, and the chicanery of the Persian Magi, and the gymnosophistry and impertinent fantasies of …Matched in translationhighlong
ε2266ἘπιγλωττήσομαιI will utter abuse[Meaning] I will talk nonsense, I will speak evil words. "For about the Athenians I will not utter [any such] abuse."Matched in translationhighshort
χ149Χαῦνονvast[Meaning something] tall; or broad and large; for vast [places] are spread out wide. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "[a name taken] from the lofty regions, something totally vast."Matched in translationhighshort
ε1271Ἐνετρύλλισεwhispered [in someone's ear][Meaning he/she/it] told [a tale]. Aristophanes [writes]: "being a procuress, she whispered to her master [...]."Matched in translationhighshort
δ524Διαγόρας ὁ ΜήλιοςDiagoras the Melian… a bronze monument: anyone who killed him would receive a talent, and anyone who brought him [alive] would receive two. This proclamation was made because of his impiety, when he described the mysteries to …Matched in translationhighmedium
ει319Ἐς τὸ δέονfor the necessary… not pillage the territory [of Attica], charged the expense, fifteen talents, to the Athenians, writing it off with something like "for the necessary". Aristophanes in Clouds [says]: "just like Perikles I spent it 'for …Matched in translationhighmedium
α454ᾌδειν κελεύονθ' ὡσπερεὶ τέττιγα ἑστιῶνταasking [me] to sing as if entertaining cicadasFor it is a talkative creature. But [sc. differently-accented] a)dei=n [means] to please.Matched in translationhighshort
δ516Διαγέγραπταιhas been struck through[Meaning he/she/it] has been smoothed away, has been removed from the clerk's tablet, where lawsuits used to be registered, and the introduction of lawsuits. Aristophanes [writes] in Clouds: "I am happy, because a five-talent …Matched in translationhighshort
δ243Δέονnecessary… his accounts he said simply that he had spent 50 talents 'on the necessary'. Learning [this] afterwards, the Lacedaemonians confiscated Kleandrides[' property] and fined [sc. King] Pleistoanax 5 talents, suspecting that they had taken …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1591Κιθαραοιδότατοςmost proficient on the kithara"You have produced three sons, who are most talented in the arts. First, someone who is friend to everyone and most/very wise, the most proficient on the kithara, one whom grace has visited." Aristophanes …Matched in translationhighshort
ε2995Ἐριννύων ἀπορρώξFuries' limb, Furies' off-shoot… ugly. "Did a Fury not forge this sword?" He is talking about Ajax. Also, search for the Furies under "Eumenides."Matched in translationhighshort
ε1297Ἕνηold… [the participle] e)/xwn [in the idiom] lhrei=s e)/xwn ['keep on talking nonsense', where 'talking nonsense' alone would suffice]. See generally LSJ s.v. e)/xw, B.III.2.Matched in noteshighshort
α4075Ἀρχαῖοςsimple… naive. Plato [sc. uses the word in this sense]. Or [talking?] nonsense. But [the related adverb] a)rxai/ws [means] carelessly, unobservantly; or even foolishly, naively. "[They] humming tunes simple-honeyed-Sidon-Phrynichus-lovely."Matched in translationhighshort
α255Ἀγκυλοχείλης καὶ Ἀγκυλόχειλοςcrooked-beakedBent-beaked, an epithet of the eagle, which has curved talons. But in reference to Cleon [it means] having crooked hands for theft and seizure.Matched in translationhighshort
α358Ἀγριοποιόνwild-maker, wild-makingAnd a wild-making fellow. [sc. Meaning him who is] introducing savage heroes. Aristophanes [says] about Aeschylus: "I know him and understand him well; I've watched him for a long time; a wild-making fellow, stubborn …Matched in translationhighshort

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