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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
- clown, jester, buffoon
- babbler
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
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