blaesus
ὀλιγαρχία δὲ τῶν μὲν κινδύνων τοῖς πολλοῖς μεταδίδωσι͵ τῶν δ΄ ὠφελίμων οὐ πλεονεκτεῖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ κτλ. → But an oligarchy gives the many a share of the danger, and not content with the largest part takes and keeps the whole of the profit (Thucyd. 6.39)
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
blaesus, a, um (βλαισός), der beim Sprechen einzelne Buchstaben verschluckt, lispelnd, wie der Zärtling, od. lallend, wie der Betrunkene (vgl. balbus), lingua, Ov.: sonus, von der Aussprache des Papageis, Ov. – subst., balbus et blaesus, ICt.: madidi et blaesi, von Betrunkenen, Iuven. – Dav. Blaesus, Beiname der Iunii, Pedii, bes. der Sempronii, zB. duo (Iunii) Blaesi, Tac. ann. 6, 40, 2.
