blaesus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλαισός (blaisós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

blaesus (feminine blaesa, neuter blaesum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. lisping, stammering
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 5.34.7-8:
      inter tam veterēs lūdat lascīva patrōnōs
      et nōmen blaesō garriat ōre meum.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative blaesus blaesa blaesum blaesī blaesae blaesa
Genitive blaesī blaesae blaesī blaesōrum blaesārum blaesōrum
Dative blaesō blaesō blaesīs
Accusative blaesum blaesam blaesum blaesōs blaesās blaesa
Ablative blaesō blaesā blaesō blaesīs
Vocative blaese blaesa blaesum blaesī blaesae blaesa

Descendants
  • Italian: bleso

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