balant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →balo, balare, balavi, balatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
bleat, baa (like a sheep); talk foolishly;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...liberae grassentur? quin aetate credo esse mutas: ne balant quidem, quom a pecu cetero absunt. 1138a stultae atque..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...exemptusque testa qua modo fervuerat Lyaeus. non mille balant lanigeri greges, nec vacca dulci mugit adultero, unique siquando..."