lalia

The purpose was to advance the cause of the mitriki lalia (mother tongue) over the purists 'preference for katharevousa, an artefact of Greek Enlightenment scholars (often referred to as logii, the etymology of which comes from logos, the multifarious Greek word for reason, speech, language, and so on), whose aim was to' cleanse 'the Greek language from the Turkish and Slavic' impurities 'infused into it during the Ottoman centuries.

Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

The lalia purpurata (ph) is the featured plant that's up high, that's this orchid here.

CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2002 2002

It's actually lalia purpurata (ph), that's a species that's found in nature like that.

CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2002 2002

Manichaeans who see two Rockets, good and evil, who speak together in the sacred idio-lalia of the Primal Twins (some say their names are Enzian and Blicero) of a good Rocket to take us to the stars, an evil Rocket for the World's suicide, the two perpetually in struggle.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

The Ethiopic version, on the contrary, is for assimilating St. Mark to St. Matthew, for it transfers the same clause (4) as it stands in St. Matthew's Gospel ([Greek: kai hê lalia sou dêlon se poiei]) to St. Mark.

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels John William Burgon 1850

[226] Schulz, -- 'et [Greek: lalia] et [Greek: omoiazei] aliena a Marco.'

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels John William Burgon 1850

On a survey of the premisses, will any candid person seriously contend that [Greek: kai hê lalia sou homiazei] is no part of the genuine text of St. Mark xiv.

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels John William Burgon 1850

From Greek copro - (dung) + - lalia (chatter, babbling), from lalein (to talk).

Answers.com: Today's Highlights 2010

i remember - lalia as a suffix expressing the concept of vocalization, so it can't be total nonesense.

Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

B, has been styled [with grim irony] 'the Queen of the Cursives') is more brilliant here than usual; exhibiting St. Mark's clause (4) thus, -- [Greek: kai gar hê lalia sou dêlon se homoiazei].

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels John William Burgon 1850