balatro

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, the basic signification is also unclear. It possibly has denoted a particular profession of the performing arts.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈlaː.troː/, [baˈɫaː.troː]

Noun

balātrō m (genitive balātrōnis); third declension

  1. clown, jester, buffoon
  2. babbler

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative balātrō balātrōnēs
Genitive balātrōnis balātrōnum
Dative balātrōnī balātrōnibus
Accusative balātrōnem balātrōnēs
Ablative balātrōne balātrōnibus
Vocative balātrō balātrōnēs

Descendants

References
  • Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (2001), “balatro”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, page 64
  • balatro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • balatro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • balatro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • balatro in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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