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λόγῳ ἀναλίσκω τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας → waste the day in idle talk, consume the duration of the day with talk
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|lshtext=<b>balbus</b>: a, um, adj. kindr. [[with]] [[balo]]; cf. Sanscr. barh, barrire, and [[barbarus]],<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., [[obscurely]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 80, 7. | |lshtext=<b>balbus</b>: a, um, adj. kindr. [[with]] [[balo]]; cf. Sanscr. barh, barrire, and [[barbarus]],<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., [[obscurely]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 80, 7. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>[[balbus]],¹³ a, um, bègue, qui bégaye : Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 1 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 274. | |||
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Revision as of 06:36, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
balbus: a, um, adj. kindr. with balo; cf. Sanscr. barh, barrire, and barbarus,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) balbus,¹³ a, um, bègue, qui bégaye : Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 1 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 274.
