balitans

Latin

Etymology

Variant of bālāns; only attested once in Plautus’ Bacchides.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.li.tans/, [ˈbäːlʲɪt̪ä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.li.tans/, [ˈbäːlit̪äns]

Participle

bālitāns (genitive bālitantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. (hapax) bleating, baaing
   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 1122:

     Soror: Pāstor hārum dormit, quom haec eunt sīc ā pecū bālitantēs.

     Sister: Their shepherd must be taking a nap, to let them straggle off from the flock this way, bleating.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	bālitāns			bālitantēs	bālitantia
Genitive	bālitantis			bālitantium
Dative	bālitantī			bālitantibus
Accusative	bālitantem	bālitāns		bālitantēs bālitantīs	bālitantia
Ablative	bālitante bālitantī1			bālitantibus
Vocative	bālitāns			bālitantēs	bālitantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• bālitāns in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.