blatio

Latin

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bal- (“to blabber, talk”); see balbus (“stammering”) for more.[1][2]

Verb

blatiō (present infinitive blatīre); fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (very rare) to speak foolishly, babble, prate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of blatiō (fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present blatiō blatīs blatit blatīmus blatītis blatiunt
imperfect blatiēbam blatiēbās blatiēbat blatiēbāmus blatiēbātis blatiēbant
future blatiam blatiēs blatiet blatiēmus blatiētis blatient
passive present blatior blatīris,
blatīre 		blatītur blatīmur blatīminī blatiuntur
imperfect blatiēbar blatiēbāris,
blatiēbāre 		blatiēbātur blatiēbāmur blatiēbāminī blatiēbantur
future blatiar blatiēris,
blatiēre 		blatiētur blatiēmur blatiēminī blatientur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present blatiam blatiās blatiat blatiāmus blatiātis blatiant
imperfect blatīrem blatīrēs blatīret blatīrēmus blatīrētis blatīrent
passive present blatiar blatiāris,
blatiāre 		blatiātur blatiāmur blatiāminī blatiantur
imperfect blatīrer blatīrēris,
blatīrēre 		blatīrētur blatīrēmur blatīrēminī blatīrentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — blatī — — blatīte —
future — blatītō blatītō — blatītōte blatiuntō
passive present — blatīre — — blatīminī —
future — blatītor blatītor — — blatiuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present blatīre blatīrī blatiēns —
future — — — blatiendus,
blatiundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
blatiendī blatiendō blatiendum blatiendō — —

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “blatiō, -īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 73
  2. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “blatiō, -īs, -īre”, 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 72

Further reading

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