balbas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →balbus, balba, balbum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stammering, stuttering, lisping, suffering from a speech defect; fumbling;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...merum sal, magna atque inmanis cataplexis plenaque honoris. balba loqui non quit, traulizi, muta pudens est; at flagrans..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...cameram percusti forte, penes te es? quid? cum balba feris annoso verba palato, aedificante casas qui sanior? adde..."