balbuties

See also: balbutiés

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin balbūtiēs.

Pronunciation edit

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IPA^(key): /bælˈbjuːʃi.iːz/, /bælˈbjuːti.iːz/^[1]^[2]

Noun edit

balbuties (uncountable)

(medicine, obsolete) stammering

Related terms edit

balbutiate

See also edit

References edit

“balbuties”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

^ Keating, John M., Hamilton, Henry, DaCosta, J. Chalmers, Packard, Frederick A. (1894) A New Pronouncing Dictionary of Medicine, 2nd edition, page 140
^ The Harvard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Language Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, volume 3, The Harvard Publishing Company, 1890, page 528

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio (CAN) (file)

Verb edit

balbuties

second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of balbutier

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From balbūtiō +‎ -iēs.

Noun edit

balbūtiēs f (genitive balbūtiēī); fifth declension (uncommon)

(Medieval Latin) stammering, stuttering

Declension edit

Fifth-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	balbūtiēs
Genitive	balbūtiēī
Dative	balbūtiēī
Accusative	balbūtiem
Ablative	balbūtiē
Vocative	balbūtiēs

Descendants edit

→ English: balbuties
→ Italian: balbuzie

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

balbūtiēs

second-person singular future active indicative of balbūtiō

References edit

balbuties in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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