βατταλογέω

See also: βαττολογέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βαττολογέω (battologéō)

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/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βat.ta.loˈʝe.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vat.ta.loˈʝe.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.ta.loˈʝe.o/

Verb

βατταλογέω • (battalogéō)

1. to stammer
2. 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.

References

• “βαττολογέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βαττολογέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βατταλογέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βατταλογέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G945 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible