balbuttio

balbuttio
balbūtĭo ( -uttio ), īre, v. n. and a. [balbus].
I.
Neutr., to stammer, stutter:

balbutire est cum quādam linguae haesitatione et confusione trepidare,

Non. p. 80, 13; Cels. 5, 26, 31: lingua, Cod. 15, 6, 22. — Transf., of birds, not to sing clearly:

merula hieme balbutit,

Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80. —
B.
Trop., to speak upon something obscurely, not distinctly or not correctly:

desinant balbutire (Academici), aperteque et clarā voce audeant dicere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 75; id. Div. 1, 3, 5.—
II.
Act., to stutter, stammer, or lisp out something: illum Balbutit Scaurum pravis fultum male talis, he, lisping or fondling, calls him Scaurus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 48.— Trop., as above:

Stoicus perpauca balbutiens,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 137.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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