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blaesus

blaesus, lisping

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blaesis Noun: masculine dative plural, Adjective: feminine ablative plural, Adjective: feminine dative plural, Adjective: masculine dative plural, Adjective: masculine ablative plural, Adjective: neuter dative plural, Noun: masculine ablative plural, Adjective: neuter ablative plural of blaesus

See blaesis in Morpho

blaesus, a, um, adj., = βλαισός,
  • lisping, stammering, hesitating in utterance, speaking indistinctly (most freq. in poetry): blaesus, cui litterae sibilantes (s, z) molestae sunt vitioseque pronunciantur, Popm. Differ. p. 133; Ov. A. A. 3, 294; Mart. 10, 65, 10.—Of a parrot: sonus, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 24. —Hence, subst.: blaesus, i, m., one who lisps, Dig. 21, 1, 10.—Of intoxicated persons, Juv. 15, 48; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 598.

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