- Original: βαττολογέω - Transliteration: Battologeo - Phonetic: bat-tol-og-eh'-o - Definition: 1. to stammer 2. to repeat the same things over and over, to use many idle words, to babble, prate. Some suppose the word derived from Battus, a king of Cyrene, who is said to have stuttered; others from Battus, an author of tedious and wordy poems. - Origin: from Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and G3056 - TDNT entry: 10:57,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From Βάττος Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and G3056 ; to stutter that is (by implication) to prate tediously: - use vain repetitions.