Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /βat̚taloɣéo/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vat̚taloʝéo/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vataloʝéo/

Verb

βατταλογέω • ‎(battalogéō)

1. I stammer
2. I speak idly
   • Matthew 6:7

     Προσευχόµενοι δὲ µὴ βατταλογήσητε ὥσπερ οἱ ἐθνικοί, δοκοῦσιν γὰρ ὅτι ἐν τῇ πολυλογίᾳ αὐτῶν εἰσακουσθήσονται.

     And when you pray, do not babble as the Gentiles do, thinking they will be heard in their verbosity.

References

• LSJ
• BDAG