blaesus
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
blaesus: a, um, adj., = βλαισός,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) blæsus,¹⁴ a, um (βλαισός), bègue, qui balbutie : Juv. 15, 48.
