The corpus record — Latin

balo

balo · v. n

to bleat

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Where it lives

Antoninus Geta 1 · 8.13/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k
De Rerum Natura 1 · 0.21/10k
Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. bālo — Lewis & Short

bālo (bēlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.root bal = bar; Sanscr. barh, barrire; Gr. ba/rbaros; cf. blhxh/, e)/braxe; but cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 30 Müll.,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7),

I to bleat, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 20; Ov. F. 4, 740; Quint. 1, 5, 72; Sil. 15, 706.—Poet.: balantes hostiae = oves, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21 (Trag. v. 61 Vahl.): pecus balans, Juv. 13, 233; and absol. balans = ovis (so mhka/s from mhka/omai), Lucr. 6, 1131: balantum grex, Verg. G. 1, 272; 3, 457.—Facetè, to speak of sheep: satis balasti, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 1.—

II Trop., to talk foolishly: Cornificius balare convincitur, Arn. 3, p. 122.

2. bälö — Walde–Hofmann

bälö, -àe, (-ätum), -äre ,blóken" (von Schafen; spät auch „meckern“; seit Plaut. [däläns, Subst. dicht. seit Enn. wohl in Nachahmung von gr. unkdc], -äfus, -zs ,Blóken" seit Verg.; vlgrl. [Varro, Comm., Gl] und rom. beläre, s. Varro rust. 2, 1, 7 [baelö?] und Götz IF. 31, 305 ff): Nachahmung des Schaflautes (gr. Bj, nhd. bäh, s. Paul. Fest. 30 und bébo); vgl. *ble- in gr. BAnxdonar „blöke“, BAnyr „Blöken“, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bälö, p. 127]

In the wild

Balatu Vergil, Georgicon 3.554
balant Statius, Silvae 4.5.17
balantem Juvenal, Saturae 5.13.233
balatus Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.540
balant Historia Augusta, Antoninus Geta 5
balet Ovid, Fasti 4.740

6 of 14 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. bälö (scan p. 127; entry #358). Root candidates: *ble-.

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