A.talkative, babbling, loquacious, E.Supp.462, Ar.Pax 653, Pl.Grg.515e, Theoc.5.75; λ. τρόπις, of Argo, Orph.A.709; “λ. γῆρας” AP7.417.10 (Mel.); of women, dub.in Arist.Pol.1277b23; of birds, Id.HA536a24 (Comp.): metaph., “λάλοι πτέρυγες” AP7.195 (Mel.); “λ. κερκίς” AJA17.162 (Cyrene); of the swallow, Arr.An.1.25.8; “ὕδωρ” Anacreont.11.7; τὸ λ., = λαλιά, Philostr.Im.1.5; of style, “ἡ ἰδέα τοῦ λόγου λ. μᾶλλον ἢ ἐναγώνιος” Id.VS2.30: irreg. Comp.“λαλίστερος” Ar.Ra.91, Alex.92, Men.416, Arist.HA l.c.: Sup. “λαλίστατος” E.Cyc.315, Men.164.
λάλος [α^], ον,