- λαλιά
- λαλιά, ᾶς, ἡ (Aristoph.+, mostly in an unfavorable sense= ‘gossip, common talk’; so also Sb 2266, 13) in our lit. always in a good sense.① content of speech, speech, speaking (Epict. 3, 16, 1; Himerius, Or. 64 [=Or. 18] superscription [of a speech by Himerius]; Ps.-Callisth. 1, 17, 3; Is 11:3; SSol 4:3; Job 33:1; 2 Macc 8:7; TestReub 2:6; GrBar 6:16; Jos., Bell. 2, 132) οὐκ εἰσὶν λόγοι οὐδὲ λαλιαί there is neither word nor speech 1 Cl 27:7 (Ps 18:4). διὰ τ. σὴν λ. because of what you said J 4:42.② manner of expressing oneself, form of speech, way of speaking (Hellen. acc. to Moeris 203 P.).ⓐ lit., of dialectal peculiarities Mt 26:73; Mk 14:70 v.l. (s. Zahn, Einl. I3 19.—Similarly Ps.-Callisth. 2, 15, 7 of Alexander at the Persian court: ἡ φωνὴ αὐτὸν ἤλεγξε; cp. γλῶ̣[ττα] in this sense Acta Alex. III, col. 3, 12).ⓑ of the characteristic way in which Jesus spoke J 8:43.—DELG s.v. λαλέω. M-M.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.