ballo

• IPA^(key): /balˈlo/ [bʌlˈlɔ]
• Hyphenation: bal‧lo

balló f (plural baallá f)

1. uxorial mother-in-law
2. uxorial sister-in-law

• bállu (“uxorial father-in-law; uxorial brother-in-law”)

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ballo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.ʎu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈba.ʎo]

ballo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ballar

From ballare (“to dance”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: bàl‧lo

ballo m (plural balli)

1. dance, ball

• balletto
• ballo in maschera (“a masked ball (or fancy dress ball)”)

• → Ottoman Turkish: بالو (balo)
  • Turkish: balo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ballo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ballare

• bolla

Likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”) via Ancient Greek, whence also volō (“to fly”). Possibly derived via Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō, “to dance, jump about”) found in Sicilian dialects of Magna Graecia; or may merely share a common root, cognate to Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Alternately, maybe related to πάλλω (pállō, “to swing, shake”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.loː/, [ˈbälːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.lo/, [ˈbälːo]

ballō (present infinitive ballāre, perfect active ballāvī, supine ballātum); first conjugation

1. to dance

• ballātor
• ballātrīx
• ballātio
• ballēmātia
• ballēmāticus

• Italian: ballare
  • →? Neapolitan: ballare
  • → Sardinian: ballare, ballai
• Sardinian: baddai
• Sicilian: ballari
• Venetan: bałar
• Catalan: ballar
• Old Occitan: balar
  • Aragonese: bailar
  • Gascon: bailar
  • Asturian: baillar
  • French: baller
    • → English: ballet
  • Portuguese: bailar; balhar (dialectal)
  • Galician: bailar; baillar (limia)
  • Spanish: bailar

• “ballo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ballo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 206.
• ballo in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 782