balatus

Latin

Etymology

From bālō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

• bālātus:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [baːˈɫaː.tʊs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [baˈlaː.tus]
• bālātūs:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [baːˈɫaː.tuːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [baˈlaː.tus]

Noun

bālātus m (genitive bālātūs); fourth declension

1. (of sheep) a bleat, bleating

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bālātus	bālātūs
genitive	bālātūs	bālātuum
dative	bālātuī	bālātibus
accusative	bālātum	bālātūs
ablative	bālātū	bālātibus
vocative	bālātus	bālātūs

Further reading

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