blattas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →blatta, blattae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Bio/medical
blood clot;; cockroach, moth, book-worm; (applied to various insects);
acc. pl. - Entry →blatto, blattare, blattavi, blattatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
prate, babble; utter in a babbling way; (applied to sounds of certain animals);
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Selectos nisi das mihi libellos,Admittam tineas trucesque blattas. XXXVIII Fasces calamorum. Dat chartis habiles calamos Memphitica tellus..."Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...paenula desit olivis aut inopem metuat sordida blatta famem, perdite Niliacas, Musae, mea damna, papyros: postulat ecce novos..."
