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01 / Meaning & origin
Lalage is a feminine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek λᾰλᾰγή.
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From Ancient Greek λᾰλᾰγή (lălăgḗ, “to prattle”).
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LALAGE— “prattler”
Then, likewise, the classical taste came forth, and bestowed all manner of fanciful varieties; Homer, Virgil, Horatius, Lalage, Cassandra, Diana, Virginia, Julius, &c., &c., all are found from this time forward; and here and there, owing to some ancestor of high worth, specimens have been handed on in families.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Conclusion (Modern Nomenclature), Section VI (Great Britain) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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