Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Old French babillier or directly from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *babalōną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

babellō (present infinitive babellāre, perfect active babellāvī, supine babellātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. (Medieval Latin) to babble, stammer

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of babellō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present babellō babellās babellat babellāmus babellātis babellant
imperfect babellābam babellābās babellābat babellābāmus babellābātis babellābant
future babellābō babellābis babellābit babellābimus babellābitis babellābunt
perfect babellāvī babellāvistī babellāvit babellāvimus babellāvistis babellāvērunt,
babellāvēre
pluperfect babellāveram babellāverās babellāverat babellāverāmus babellāverātis babellāverant
future perfect babellāverō babellāveris babellāverit babellāverimus babellāveritis babellāverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present babellem babellēs babellet babellēmus babellētis babellent
imperfect babellārem babellārēs babellāret babellārēmus babellārētis babellārent
perfect babellāverim babellāverīs babellāverit babellāverīmus babellāverītis babellāverint
pluperfect babellāvissem babellāvissēs babellāvisset babellāvissēmus babellāvissētis babellāvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present babellā babellāte
future babellātō babellātō babellātōte babellantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives babellāre babellāvisse babellātūrum esse
participles babellāns babellātūrus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
babellandī babellandō babellandum babellandō babellātum babellātū

References edit

  • babello in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “babellare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 75