The corpus record — Latin

balatro1

balatro1 · m

a babbler

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Where it lives

Satyrarum libri 6 · 4.23/10k

What it meant

1. bălā^tro — Lewis & Short

bălā^tro, ōnis, m.2. blatero; lit.,

I a babbler; hence, a jester, one who makes sport, a buffoon (it seems to have desig-nated a class of actors, perh. a harlequin, jester, or something similar): mendici, mimae, balatrones, hoc genus omne, Hor. S. 1, 2, 2; Vop. Carin. 21.—Facetè, in Varr. as a designation of his friends when in dispute, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1 Schneid.

2. Bălā^tro — Lewis & Short

Bălā^tro, ōnis, m.

I nom. prop., cognomen of Servilius, Hor. S. 2, 8, 21; 2, 8, 33; 2, 8, 40; 2, 8, 64; 2, 8, 83; cf.: in modum rustici Balatronis, Hier. Ep. 153; cf. scurra.

In the wild

Balatroque Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.8.40
Balatrone Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.8.21
balatrones Horace, Satyrarum libri 1.2.2
Balatro Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.8.64
Balatroni Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.8.33
Balatrone Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.8.83

Where it came from

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