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balbūtĭo (-uttio), īre, v. n. and a. [balbus].
- I. Neutr., to stammer, stutter: balbutire est cum quādam linguae haesitatione et confusione trepidare, Non. p. 80, 13; Cels. 5, 26, 31: lingua, Cod. 15, 6, 22.
Transf., of birds, not to sing clearly: merula hieme balbutit, Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80.
- B. Trop., to speak upon something obscurely, not distinctly or not correctly: desinant balbutire (Academici), aperteque et clarā voce audeant dicere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 75; id. Div. 1, 3, 5.
- II. Act., to stutter, stammer, or lisp out something: illum Balbutit Scaurum pravis fultum male talis, he, lisping or fondling, calls him Scaurus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 48.
Trop., as above: Stoicus perpauca balbutiens, Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 137.