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11. γογγύζειν and γογγυσμὸς were ancient Ionic words synonymous with τονθυρίζειν and τονθυρισμὸς in the Attic dialect. Phrynichus quotes from Phocylides of Miletus χρή τοι τὸν ἑταῖρον ἑταίρῳ | φροντίζειν ἅσσʼ ἂν περιγογγύζωσι πολῖται. The word was probably formed from the sound of the cooing of doves, and is therefore like τρύζειν both in original and derived meanings: cp. Il. IX. 311, ὡς μή μοι τρύζητε παρήμενοι ἄλλοθεν ἄλλοι. The verb occurs more frequently in St John’s gospel, written in an Ionic city, than in any other book of the N.T. Verb and noun are found in the LXX. and in Epictetus and other late writers. See Lob. Phryn. 358.