Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τραυλός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τραυλός τραυλή τραυλόν

Structure: τραυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Prob. from the sound.

Sense

  1. lisping
  2. twittering

Examples

  • εἰσ τὸ αὐτό Κολχίδα, τὴν ἐπὶ παισὶν ἀλάστορα, τραυλὲ χελιδών, πῶσ ἔτλησ τεκέων μαῖαν ἔχειν ἰδίων; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1411)

Synonyms

  1. twittering

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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