λ467Ληρεῖς
you are babbling
[Meaning] you are chattering. Aristophanes [writes]: "what on earth are you babbling about? It's as if you've fallen off a donkey!" They also say: "off the top of your head." And elsewhere: "you are babbling babble".…
Ληρεῖς· φλυαρεῖς. Ἀριστοφάνης· τί δῆτα ληρεῖς, ὥσπερ ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσών; λέγεται καὶ ἀπὸ νοῦ. καὶ αὖθις· λῆρον ληρεῖς. ἀντὶ τοῦ κατὰ λῆρον. Ἀττικὴ δὲ ἡ φράσις καὶ τὸ σχῆμα, ὡς τό,…
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