balatro

== Latin == === Etymology === Unknown; the basic meaning is also unclear. It possibly has denoted a particular profession of the performing arts. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈba.ɫa.troː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbaː.la.tro] === Noun === balatrō m (genitive balatrōnis); third declension clown, jester, buffoon babbler ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: balatron Spanish: baladrón ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *balatrare Old Catalan: baladrar ⇒ Catalan: baladrejar Old Galician-Portuguese: braadar Galician: bradar Portuguese: bradar Spanish: baladrar === References === Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “balatro”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 64 “balatro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “balatro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “balatro”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “balatro”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin