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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Aramaic אמר בטלתא, or from Βάττος (Báttos, “Battus, stuttering king of Cyrene”), or possibly onomatopoeic + λογέω (logéō). Compare Latin butubatta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βat.ta.loˈʝe.o/ → /va.ta.loˈʝe.o/
Verb
βατταλογέω • (battalogéō)
- to stammer
- to speak idly
- Matthew 6:7
Προσευχόμενοι δὲ μὴ βατταλογήσητε ὥσπερ οἱ ἐθνικοί, δοκοῦσιν γὰρ ὅτι ἐν τῇ πολυλογίᾳ αὐτῶν εἰσακουσθήσονται.- Proseukhómenoi dè mḕ battalogḗsēte hṓsper hoi ethnikoí, dokoûsin gàr hóti en têi polulogíāi autôn eisakousthḗsontai.
- And when you pray, do not babble as the Gentiles do, thinking they will be heard in their verbosity.
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