balatro

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, the basic signification is also unclear. It possibly has denoted a particular profession of the performing arts.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.la.troː/, [ˈbäɫ̪ät̪roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.la.tro/, [ˈbäːlät̪ro]

Noun

balatrō m (genitive balatrōnis); third declension

1. clown, jester, buffoon
2. babbler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	balatrō	balatrōnēs
Genitive	balatrōnis	balatrōnum
Dative	balatrōnī	balatrōnibus
Accusative	balatrōnem	balatrōnēs
Ablative	balatrōne	balatrōnibus
Vocative	balatrō	balatrōnēs

Descendants

• → English: balatron

References

• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “balatro”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 64
• “balatro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “balatro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “balatro”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “balatro”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin