"balitans" meaning in Latin

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Verb

IPA: [ˈbaː.lɪ.tãːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈbaː.li.tans] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Frequentative variant of bālāns; only attested once in Plautus’ Bacchides. Head templates: {{la-part|bālitāns}} bālitāns (genitive bālitantis); third-declension one-termination participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|bālitāns<3-P+>}} Forms: bālitāns [canonical], bālitantis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], bālitāns [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], bālitantēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], bālitantia [neuter, nominative, plural], bālitantis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], bālitantium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], bālitantī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], bālitantibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], bālitantem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], bālitāns [accusative, neuter, singular], bālitantēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], bālitantīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], bālitantia [accusative, neuter, plural], bālitante [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], bālitantī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], bālitantibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], bālitāns [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], bālitantēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], bālitantia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (Plautine, hapax legomenon) bleating, baaing Wikipedia link: Bacchides (play), Plautus Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-3, frequentative, one-termination, participle Alternative form of: bālāns (extra: only attested once in Plautus’ Bacchides)
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "english": "Sister: Their shepherd must be taking a nap, to let them straggle off from the flock this way, bleating.",
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