balbus
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English
balbus balba, balbum ADJ :: stammering, stuttering, lisping, suffering from a speech defect; fumbling
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
balbus, a, um, (vgl. βαμβάλειν), stammelnd, lallend (Ggstz. planus, d.i. ohne Anstoß, geläufig sprechend), cum (Demosthenes) ita balbus esset, ut eius ipsius artis, cui studeret, primam litteram (das R) non posset dicere, perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur, Cic.: os pueri b., Hor.: verba b., Hor.: balba de nare loqui, durch die Nase sprechen, Pers.: Plur. subst., balbī, ōrum, m., Firm. math. 4, 14, 1 Kr. u. Sk. – Balbus Beiname der Attii, Cornelii u.a.
Latin > Chinese
balbus, a, um. adj. :: 結舌。咬舌者 。 Balba verba 不淸楚之言。
