= πρωκτός, Eup. 82; cf. βάτας, βατέω.
II stammerer
stammerer (cf. βατταρίζω), a nickname given to Demosthenes, Aeschin. 2.99, cf. D. 18.180. (Codd. vary between βάταλος and βάτταλος: Βάτταλος is pr. n. in Hedyl. ap. Ath. 4.167d.)
The corpus record
βάτᾰλος
batalos · ὁ
stammerer
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.