βάταλος

A. = πρωκτός, Eup. 82; cf. βάτας, βατέω.

II. stammerer (cf. βατταρίζω), a nickname given to Demosthenes, Aeschin. 2.99, cf. D. 18.180. (Codd. vary between βάταλος and βάτταλος: Βάτταλος is pr. n. in Hedyl. ap. Ath. 4.167d.)