blatero
Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
blătĕro: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. kindred with βλάξ, simple, stupid, Paul. ex Fest. p. 34 Müll.; cf. blactero.
I To talk idly or foolishly, to babble, prate (colloq. and mostly ante- and post-class.), Pac. ap. Fulg. p. 561, 17; Afran. ap. Non. p. 78, 32: illud memento, ne quid in primis blateres, id. ib.; Plaut. ap. Non. p. 44, 15: desine blaterare, Caecil. ap. Non. p. 79, 2: cum magno blateras clamore, furisque, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 35; Gell. 1, 15, 17: his et similibus blateratis, App. M. 4, p. 153, 18; so id. Mag. p. 275, 8; id. Flor. p. 345, 19.—
II Of the sounds of frogs, Siā Ep. 2, 2 med.; and of camels, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 34, 2 Müll.
blătĕro: ōnis, m. 1. blatero,
I a babbler, prater, acc. to Gell. 1, 15 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) blătĕrō¹⁶ (blatt-, blact-), āvī, ātum, āre,
1 intr., babiller, bavarder : Afran. 13 ; 195 ; Hor. S. 2, 7, 35
