blatero

See also: blaterò

Italian edit

Verb edit

blatero

first-person singular present indicative of blaterare

Anagrams edit

Alberto, bertola, retablo

Latin edit

Etymology edit

The first element seems to derive from Proto-Indo-European *balb- (like Latin balbus, with a change from *bal- to *bla-).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbla.te.roː/, [ˈbɫ̪ät̪ɛroː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbla.te.ro/, [ˈbläːt̪ero]

Verb edit

blaterō (present infinitive blaterāre, perfect active blaterāvī, supine blaterātum); first conjugation, no passive

to babble, gibber, speak foolishly or in an animalistic manner
(of a frog) to croak

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of blaterō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	blaterō	blaterās	blaterat	blaterāmus	blaterātis	blaterant
	imperfect	blaterābam	blaterābās	blaterābat	blaterābāmus	blaterābātis	blaterābant
	future	blaterābō	blaterābis	blaterābit	blaterābimus	blaterābitis	blaterābunt
	perfect	blaterāvī	blaterāvistī	blaterāvit	blaterāvimus	blaterāvistis	blaterāvērunt, blaterāvēre
	pluperfect	blaterāveram	blaterāverās	blaterāverat	blaterāverāmus	blaterāverātis	blaterāverant
	future perfect	blaterāverō	blaterāveris	blaterāverit	blaterāverimus	blaterāveritis	blaterāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	blaterem	blaterēs	blateret	blaterēmus	blaterētis	blaterent
	imperfect	blaterārem	blaterārēs	blaterāret	blaterārēmus	blaterārētis	blaterārent
	perfect	blaterāverim	blaterāverīs	blaterāverit	blaterāverīmus	blaterāverītis	blaterāverint
	pluperfect	blaterāvissem	blaterāvissēs	blaterāvisset	blaterāvissēmus	blaterāvissētis	blaterāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	blaterā	—	—	blaterāte	—
active	future	—	blaterātō	blaterātō	—	blaterātōte	blaterantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		blaterāre	blaterāvisse	blaterātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		blaterāns	—	blaterātūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		blaterandī	blaterandō	blaterandum	blaterandō	blaterātum	blaterātū

Derived terms edit

deblaterō

Descendants edit

→ French: blatérer
→ Italian: blaterare
Old Galician-Portuguese: braadar
- Portuguese: bradar
→ Portuguese: blaterar

References edit

“blatero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“blatero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
blatero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.