bālātus, ūs, m. [balo], the bleating of sheep, Lucr. 2, 369: agni Balatum exercent, Verg. A. 9, 62; id. G. 3, 554; Ov. M. 7, 319; 7, 320; Stat. Th. 10, 46.
Also in plur., Ov. M. 7, 540.
Of the bleating of goats, Plin. 20, 14, 55, § 156; Aus. Epigr. 76, 3.