balbus
balbus, stammering, stuttering
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Balbum Adjective: neuter nominative singular, Adjective: neuter genitive plural, Adjective: neuter accusative singular, Adjective: neuter vocative singular, Adjective: masculine genitive plural, Adjective: masculine accusative singular of balbus
Balbum Proper-name noun: masculine genitive plural, Proper-name noun: masculine accusative singular of Balbus
balbus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with balo; cf. Sanscr. barh, barrire, and barbarus],
- stammering, stuttering (opp. planus, speaking fluently, without impediment): balba, loqui non quit? τραυλίζει, does she (the loved one) stammer, can she not speak distinctly? (then he says) she lisps, Lucr. 4, 1164: Demosthenes cum ita balbus esset, ut ejus ipsius artis, cui studeret (sc. rhetoricae), primam litteram (sc. r) non posset dicere, perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; and thus in ridicule, id. Fam. 2, 10, 1: os pueri, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126: senectus, id. ib. 1, 20, 18; Dig. 21, 1, 10, § 5: verba, Tib. 2, 5, 94; Hor. S. 2, 3, 274: balbā de nare loqui, to speak through the nose, Pers. 1, 33.—Adv.: balbē, stammeringly, etc., Lucr. 5, 1021.—
- 2 Transf., obscurely, Varr. ap. Non. p. 80, 7.
balbus, a, um, (vgl. βαμβάλειν), stammelnd, lallend (Ggstz. planus, d.i. ohne Anstoß, geläufig sprechend), cum (Demosthenes) ita balbus esset, ut eius ipsius artis, cui studeret, primam litteram (das R) non posset dicere, perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur, Cic.: os pueri b., Hor.: verba b., Hor.: balba de nare loqui, durch die Nase sprechen, Pers.: Plur. subst., balbī, ōrum, m., Firm. math. 4, 14, 1 Kr. u. Sk. – Balbus Beiname der Attii, Cornelii u.a.
blessos ac balbos qui scaevis verba loquelis / fantes corrumpunt
~us, qui dulcem linguam habet
~us,uulisp
~us,stamer
~us ‥ qui vult loqui et non potest,wlips velswetwyrda
stuttynge , varcus, baurdus, blesus, ~us
1 balbus, (13) a, um, bègue, qui bégaye : Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 1 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 274.
Quod prædicti emptores in dicto ripatu ab utraque parte, ubicumque voluerint, possint facere Balbos et clusas, dummodo dictos Balbos et clusas non faciant prope pontem Tanagri,.... et quod aliquis non possit fieri facere congeriam seu Balbos, vel aliud edificium in Tenagro.Huc spectat vox
Baubeapud Guill. Guiart. ad ann. 1267 :
Vide Balba.Tant errent droit par sant et Baube Qu'assés prés de la cité d'Aube, etc.
balbus
adj.
- BAL-, BAR-, stammering, stuttering: Demosthenes: os, H.: verba, Tb.