- στωμύλος
- στωμύλοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `talkative, conversational, chatty' (Ar., Demetr., Theoc., Luc. a.o.).Derivatives: στωμυλ-ία, Ion. -ίη f. `talkativeness' (Stesimbr., Ar., Plb., AP a.o.), -ήθρα f. `id.' also personified as adjunct of δαιταλεῖς (Com. Adesp., Numen. ap. Eus., Phryn.; after the nom. loci in -ήθρα; cf. also ῥωπο-περ-περ-ήθρα), adj. -ηθρος (Aristaenet.). Denom. verbs 1. στωμ-ύλ-λομαι, rarely -ύλλω, also w. κατα-, `to be talkative, to chat, to babble' (Ar.) with -ύλματα n. pl. `chatter', also personified (Ar.; Schwyzer 523 n. 6); 2. -υλεύομαι `id.' (Alciphr. Phot.). Joking comp. στωμυλιο-συλλεκτάδης m. `talk-collector' (Ar. Ra. 841; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 20).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Of old naturally connected with στόμα (with n : u-l-variation?), in spite of the long vowel. Tempting is the also old (Fick 1, 146) identification with Skt. stāmú- (ἅπ. λεγ. RV 7, 20, 9), of which the meaning is unknown, which however like the corresponding stóma- ('song of praise') prob. indicates a sound.Page in Frisk: 2,816-817
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.