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Latin
Etymology
Variant of bālāns; only attested once in Plautus’ Bacchides.
Pronunciation
Participle
bālitāns (genitive bālitantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- (hapax) bleating, baaing
c. 190 BCE,
Plautus,
Bacchides 1122:
- Soror: Pāstor hārum dormit, quom haec eunt sīc ā pecū bālitantēs.
- Sister: Their shepherd must be taking a nap, to let them straggle off from the flock this way, bleating.
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- bālitāns in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.