λαλιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λᾰλῐή (laliḗ) — poetic

Etymology

λᾰ́λος (lálos) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.li.ǎː/ → /la.liˈa/ → /la.liˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.li.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.liˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.liˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.liˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.liˈa/

Noun

λᾰλῐᾱ́ • (laliā́) f (genitive λᾰλῐᾶς); first declension

1. talking, talk, chat
   • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 931
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1069
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, Ἀρρηφ. 3, (Compare Hermesianax, Collected Works 78, Palatine Anthology 7.440)
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, Histories 3.20.5
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, Histories 32.9.4
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 8:43
   1. talkativeness, loquacity
      • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Collected Works 34.29
      • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, The Characters 7
2. a form of speech, dialect
   • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 26:73, (Compare Septuagint, Song of Songs 4.3)

Declension

First declension of ἡ λᾰλῐᾱ́; τῆς λᾰλῐᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰλῐᾱ́ hē laliā́	τὼ λᾰλῐᾱ́ tṑ laliā́	αἱ λᾰλῐαί hai laliaí
Genitive	τῆς λᾰλῐᾶς tês laliâs	τοῖν λᾰλῐαῖν toîn laliaîn	τῶν λᾰλῐῶν tôn laliôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰλῐᾷ têi laliâi	τοῖν λᾰλῐαῖν toîn laliaîn	ταῖς λᾰλῐαῖς taîs laliaîs
Accusative	τὴν λᾰλῐᾱ́ν tḕn laliā́n	τὼ λᾰλῐᾱ́ tṑ laliā́	τᾱ̀ς λᾰλῐᾱ́ς tā̀s laliā́s
Vocative	λᾰλῐᾱ́ laliā́	λᾰλῐᾱ́ laliā́	λᾰλῐαί laliaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• λᾰ́λη (lálē), λᾰ́λον (lálon)

Descendants

• English: -lalia
• Greek: λαλιά (laliá)

References

• “λαλιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαλιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαλιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2981 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• LSJ 8th edition

---

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek λαλιά (laliá)

Noun

λαλιά • (laliá) f (plural λαλιές)

1. speech, voice

   μου κόβερται η λαλιά ― mou kóvertai i laliá ― my voice has failed

2. language

   η ελληνική λαλιά ― i ellinikí laliá ― the Greek language

Declension

Declension of λαλιά

	singular	plural
nominative	λαλιά •	λαλιές •
genitive	λαλιάς •	λαλιών •
accusative	λαλιά •	λαλιές •
vocative	λαλιά •	λαλιές •

Synonyms

• (voice): φωνή f (foní)
• (language): γλώσσα f (glóssa)

Related terms

• αηδονολαλιά f (aïdonolaliá, “nightingale's song”)