{"def":{"short":"to stutter, i.e., (by implication) to prate tediously","long":["to stammer","to repeat the same things over and over, to use many idle words, to babble, prate"]},"deriv":"from Βάττος (a proverbial stammerer) and G3056","pronun":{"ipa":"βɑt.to.loˈɣɛ.o","ipa_mod":"vɑt.tow.lowˈɣe̞.ow","sbl":"battologeō","dic":"vaht-toh-loh-GEH-oh","dic_mod":"vaht-toh-loh-GAY-oh"},"see":["G3056"],"comment":"Some suppose the word derived from Battus, a king of Cyrene, who is said to have stuttered or from a poet named Battus, an author of tedious and wordy poems."}