β183Βαττολογία
battology, empty repetition
[Meaning] garrulouness. [The term come] from a certain Battos, who composed long hymns consisting of many lines that repeated what was just said.
Βαττολογία· ἡ πολυλογία. ἀπὸ Βάττου τινὸς, μακροὺς καὶ πολυστίχους ὕμνους ποιήσαντος, ταυτολογίας ἔχοντας.