balbus

See also: Balbus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *balb-, *balbal- (“tongue-tied”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαμβαίνω (bambaínō), βαμβαλύζω (bambalúzō, “I chatter with the teeth”), Russian болтать (boltatʹ, “to chatter, babble”), Lithuanian balbė́ti (“to talk, babble”), Sanskrit बल्बला (balbalā, “stammering”). See also bālō, blatiō, blaterō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbal.bus/, [ˈbaɫ.bʊs]

Adjective

balbus (feminine balba, neuter balbum); first/second declension

  1. stammering, stuttering
  2. lisping
  3. fumbling

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative balbus balba balbum balbī balbae balba
Genitive balbī balbae balbī balbōrum balbārum balbōrum
Dative balbō balbae balbō balbīs balbīs balbīs
Accusative balbum balbam balbum balbōs balbās balba
Ablative balbō balbā balbō balbīs balbīs balbīs
Vocative balbe balba balbum balbī balbae balba

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • balbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • balbus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • balbus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • balbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • balbus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • balbus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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