balatrone
Dictionary entries
- Entry →balatro, balatronis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
buffoon, fool; jester, joker; bleater, babbler;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...Thurinus et infra, si memini, Varius; cum Servilio Balatrone Vibidius, quos Maecenas adduxerat umbras. Nomentanus erat super ipsum..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...amplius addam. 1.2 Ambubaiarum collegia, pharmacopolae, mendici, mimae, balatrones, hoc genus omne maestum ac sollicitum est cantoris morte..."