barathrum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →barathrum, barathri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
abyss, chasm, pit; the infernal region, the underworld;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...rumpam iam huc in Veneris fanum.— CHARM. In barathrum mavelim. opsecro, hospes, da mihi aliquid ubi condormiscam loci..." - T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...oculissime homo. Pal. Age, effunde hoc cito in barathrum, propere prolue cloacam. Phaed. Tace. Nolo huic male dici..." - T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...excessit mi aetas ex magisterio tuo. LYD. O barathrum, ubi nunc es? ut ego te usurpem lubens. [video..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...timoris, ne pedibus raptim tellus subtracta feratur in barathrum rerumque sequatur prodita summa funditus et fiat mundi confusa..." 
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...coeunt, et ineluctabile caeno uerticibusque cauis sidit crescitque barathrum. iamque umeros, iam colla ducis sinuosa uorago circumit..."- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...regna recludat pallida, dis invisa, superque immane barathrum cernatur, trepident immisso lumine Manes. ergo insperata deprensum luce repente..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...absorbens vertice amoris aestus in abruptum detulerat barathrum, quale ferunt Grai Pheneum prope Cylleneum siccare emulsa pingue palude..."