blaesus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλαισός (blaisós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

blaesus (feminine blaesa, neuter blaesum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. lisping, stammering
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 5.34.7-8:
      inter tam veterēs lūdat lascīva patrōnōs
      et nōmen blaesō garriat ōre meum.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • Italian: bleso

References

  • blaesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • blaesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.