balbus
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *balb-, *balbal- (“tongue-tied”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαμβάἰnω (bambáinō), βαμβαλύζδω (bambalýzdō, “ōto chatter with the teeth”), Russian болтать (boltati, “to chatter, babble”), Limburgish (balbḗti, “to talk, babble”), Old Indian (balbalā kar-, “to stammer”).
[edit] Adjective
balbus m. (feminine balba, neuter balbum); first/second declension
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | balbus | balba | balbum | balbī | balbae | balba | |
| genitive | balbī | balbae | balbī | balbōrum | balbārum | balbōrum | |
| dative | balbō | balbae | balbō | balbīs | balbīs | balbīs | |
| accusative | balbum | balbam | balbum | balbōs | balbās | balba | |
| ablative | balbō | balbā | balbō | balbīs | balbīs | balbīs | |
| vocative | balbe | balba | balbum | balbī | balbae | balba | |