balbus

balbus, a, um, adj. [kindr. with balo; cf. Sanscr. barh, barrire, and barbarus],

• stammering, stuttering (opp. planus, speaking fluently, without impediment): balba, loqui non quit? τραυλίζει, does she (the loved one) stammer, can she not speak distinctly? (then he says) she lisps, Lucr. 4, 1164: Demosthenes cum ita balbus esset, ut ejus ipsius artis, cui studeret (sc. rhetoricae), primam litteram (sc. r) non posset dicere, perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; and thus in ridicule, id. Fam. 2, 10, 1: os pueri, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126: senectus, id. ib. 1, 20, 18; Dig. 21, 1, 10, § 5: verba, Tib. 2, 5, 94; Hor. S. 2, 3, 274: balbā de nare loqui, to speak through the nose, Pers. 1, 33.—Adv.: balbē, stammeringly, etc., Lucr. 5, 1021.—
• • • 2 Transf., obscurely, Varr. ap. Non. p. 80, 7.

balbus, a, um, (vgl. βαμβάλειν), stammelnd, lallend (Ggstz. planus, d.i. ohne Anstoß, geläufig sprechend), cum (Demosthenes) ita balbus esset, ut eius ipsius artis, cui studeret, primam litteram (das R) non posset dicere, perfecit meditando, ut nemo planius esse locutus putaretur, Cic.: os pueri b., Hor.: verba b., Hor.: balba de nare loqui, durch die Nase sprechen, Pers.: Plur. subst., balbī, ōrum, m., Firm. math. 4, 14, 1 Kr. u. Sk. – Balbus Beiname der Attii, Cornelii u.a.

balbus [CL] , lisping, stuttering. blessos ac balbos qui scaevis verba loquelis / fantes corrumpunt Aldh. VirgV 1087; ~us, qui dulcem linguam habet GlC B 16; ~us, uulisp Ib. 35; ~us,stamer Ælf. Gl.; 9‥ ~us ‥ qui vult loqui et non potest, wlips vel swetwyrda WW; stuttynge, varcus, baurdus, blesus, ~us CathA.

1 balbus, (13) a, um, bègue, qui bégaye : Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 1 ; Hor. S. 2, 3, 274.

balbus , a, um. adj.
結舌。咬舌者 。 Balba verba 不淸楚之言。

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balbus adj.

• BAL-, BAR-, stammering, stuttering: Demosthenes: os, H.: verba, Tb.