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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Ballio</b>: ōnis, m.,<br /><b>I</b> the [[name]] of a [[worthless]] [[pimp]] in the [[Pseudolus]] of [[Plautus]]; [[hence]], for designating [[any]] [[worthless]] [[man]], Cic. Phil. 2, 6, 15; id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.— Whence, Ballĭōnĭus, a, um, adj., of [[Ballio]], Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 2.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Ballĭō</b>,¹⁴ ōnis, m., Ballion [nom d’un entremetteur d. le Pseud. de Pl.] &#124;&#124; [fig.] = un vaurien : Cic. Phil. 2, 15 &#124;&#124; <b>-ōnĭus</b>, a, um, de Ballion : Pl. *Ps. 1064 [ōna mss].|
|[fig.]=un vaurien : Cic. Phil. 2, 15||<b>-ōnĭus</b>, a, um, de Ballion : Pl. *Ps. 1064 [ōna mss].
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{{Georges
|georg=Ballio, ōnis, m., [[Name]] eines nichtswürdigen Kupplers im [[Pseudolus]] [[des]] [[Plautus]]; dah. appellat. [[ein]] [[Ballio]] = [[ein]] nichtswürdiger [[Mensch]], Cic. Phil. 2, 15.
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