balatro

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown, the basic signification is also unclear. It possibly has denoted a particular profession of the performing arts.

Pronunciation

Noun

balatrō m (genitive balatrōnis); third declension

  1. clown, jester, buffoon
  2. babbler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

  • English: balatron

References

  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “balatro”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 64
  • balatro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • balatro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • balatro”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • balatro”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin