Balbus

See also: balbus

Latin

Etymology

From balbus (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.bus/, [ˈbäɫ̪bʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.bus/, [ˈbälbus]

Proper noun

Balbus m sg (genitive Balbī); second declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Lucius Cornelius Balbus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Balbus
Genitive	Balbī
Dative	Balbō
Accusative	Balbum
Ablative	Balbō
Vocative	Balbe

References

“Balbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Balbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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