deblatero
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
Latin > English
deblatero deblaterare, deblateravi, deblateratus V :: babble, utter in a foolish manner; blab out (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-blătĕro: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. a., to prate of a thing, to babble, blab out (ante and post-class.): versuum multa milia, Gell. 9, 15, 10; id. 1, 2, 6.—With acc. and inf., Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 1; Lucil. ap. Non. 96, 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēblătĕrō,¹⁶ āvī, ātum, āre, tr., dire en bavardant, à tort et à travers : Pl. Aul. 268 ; Lucil. d. Non. 96, 10 ; deblateratis multis versuum milibus Gell. 9, 15, 10, après avoir débité plusieurs milliers de vers.
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-blatero, āvī, āre, herplappern, herplärren (s. Paul. ex Fest. 72, 3. Non. 96, 9), absol., Lucil. 1063: theorematis nugalibus, Gell. 1, 2, 6. – m. Acc., deblateratis versuum multis milibus, Gell. 9, 15, 10. – m. Dat. pers. u. Acc. m. Infin., jmd. vorplärren, vorschwatzen, Plaut. aul. 268.
