Balbus

See also: balbus

Latin

Etymology

From balbus (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.bus/, [ˈbäɫ̪bʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.bus/, [ˈbälbus]

Proper noun

Balbus m sg (genitive Balbī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Lucius Cornelius Balbus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Balbus
Genitive	Balbī
Dative	Balbō
Accusative	Balbum
Ablative	Balbō
Vocative	Balbe

References

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