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blateas bullas luti ex itineribus, aut quod calceamentorum soleis eraditur appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 34 Müll.

blătĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [blatero], a babbling (late Lat.), Auct. Idiom. p. 576, 28 Keil.

blătĕrātus, ūs, m. [blatero], a babbling, prating (post-class.), Sid. Ep. 9, 11 fin.: canini, whining, Mart. Cap. 9, § 999.

1. blătĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [kindred with βλάξ, simple, stupid, Paul. ex Fest. p. 34 Müll.; cf. blactero].

  1. I. To talk idly or foolishly, to babble, prate (colloq. and mostly ante- and post-class.), Pac. ap. Fulg. p. 561, 17; Afran. ap. Non. p. 78, 32: illud memento, ne quid in primis blateres, id. ib.; Plaut. ap. Non. p. 44, 15: desine blaterare, Caecil. ap. Non. p. 79, 2: cum magno blateras clamore, furisque, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 35; Gell. 1, 15, 17: his et similibus blateratis, App. M. 4, p. 153, 18; so id. Mag. p. 275, 8; id. Flor. p. 345, 19.
  2. II. Of the sounds of frogs, Siā Ep. 2, 2 med.; and of camels, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 34, 2 Müll.

‡ 2. blătĕro, ōnis, m. [1. blatero], a babbler, prater, acc. to Gell. 1, 15 fin.

blătĭo, īre, v. a. [kindred with blatero], to utter foolish things, to babble, prate (anteclass. and late Lat.): nugas blatis, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 79; so id. Curc. 3, 82; id. Ep. 3, 1, 13; Tert. Pall. 2; cf. Non. p. 44, 11 sq.

1. blatta, ae, f., an insect that shuns the light; of several kinds, the cockroach, chafer, moth, etc., Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 139; 11, 28, 34, § 99: lucifuga, Verg. G. 4, 243 (per noctem vagans, Serv.); cf. Col. 9, 7, 5; Pall. 1, 37, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; Mart. 14, 37; cf. Voss, Verg. l. l.
On account of its mean appearance: amore cecidi tamquam blatta in pelvim, Laber. ap. Non. p. 543, 27.

2. blatta, ae, f.: blatta θρόμβος αἵματος,

  1. I. a clot of blood, Gloss.
    Hence,
  2. II. (Access. form blattea, Ven. Carm. 2, 3, 19.) Purple (similar in color to flowing blood; cf. Salmas. Vop. Aur. 46, and Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135; late Lat.): purpura, quae blatta, vel oxyblatta, vel hyacinthina dicitur, Cod. Th. 4, 40, 1: serica, ib. 10, 20, 18: blattam Tyrus defert, Sid. Carm. 5, 48; Lampr. Elag. 33; Cassiod. Var. Ep. 1, 2.

blattārĭus, a, um, adj. [1. blatta],

  1. I. pertaining to the moth: balnea, for moths, i. e. dark bathing-rooms (so called from the dislike of the moth to the light), Sen. Ep. 86, 7; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 99.
  2. II. Subst.: blattārĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba), moth-mullein: Verbascum blattaria, Linn.; Plin. 25, 9, 60, § 108.

blattea, v. 2. blatta, II.

blattĕus, a, um, adj. [2. blatta, II.], purple-colored, purple: tunicae, Vop. Aur. 46, 4: pallium, id. 45, 5: funes, Eutr. 7, 9.

blattĭārĭus, ii, m. [2. blatta, II.], a dyer in purple, Cod. Th. 13, 4, 2 dub.

* blattĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [2. blatta, II., -fero], wearing purple, clothed in purple: senatus, Sid. Carm. Ep. 9, 16.