balantum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →balans, (gen.), balantis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
bleating as proper epithet of sheep;
gen. pl. (all) - 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;
gen. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →balans, balantis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
bleater; sheep (pl.);
gen. pl. - Entry →balantus, balanta, balantum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
anointed/perfumed with balsam; embalmed;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...vocibus haedi cornigeras norunt matres agnique petulci balantum pecudes; ita, quod natura resposcit, ad sua quisque fere decurrunt..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fuit Ausoniisque olim ditissimus arvis: quinque greges illi balantum, quina redibant armenta, et terram centum vertebat aratris. Atque..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...deos sedet omina poscens. quin etiam, ima dolor balantum lapsus ad ossa cum furit atque artus depascitur arida..."
