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balbe

Dictionary entries

  • balbus, balba, balbum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = stammering, stuttering, lisping, suffering from a speech defect; fumbling;

    Entry →
    voc. sg. (m.)
  • balbe:

    Adverb

    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = inarticulately; obscurely;

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Examples

  • T

    Liber V

    Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX

    "...pueros commendarunt muliebreque saeclum, vocibus et gestu cum balbe significarent imbecillorum esse aequum misererier omnis. nec tamen omnimodis..."
  • G

    Liber VIII

    Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO

    "...Coactus assiduis tuis vocibus, Balbe, cum cotidiana mea recusatio non difficultatis excusationem, sed inertiae videretur deprecationem habere..."

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