barbara
Dictionary entries
- Entry →barbara, barbarae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
foreign/barbarian woman; kind of plaster; plaster applied to raw wounds (L+S);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →barbarus, barbara -um, barbarior -or -us, barbarissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
foreign, of/used by/typical of foreigners; cruel, savage; uncivilized, uncouth;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →barbarum, barbari:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
barbarism; impropriety of speech; kind of plaster (applied to raw wounds L+S);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...bellum ciuile sepulchra uix ducibus praestare potest. non barbara uictos regna manent, non Armenium mihi saeua minatur..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...sedibus ortus. 310quod si nos Eoa fides et barbara fallentfoedera, uolgati supra commercia mundinaufragium fortuna ferat: non regna..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...utinam, Pharsalia, campis 535sufficiat cruor iste tuis, quem barbara funduntpectora; non alio mutentur sanguine fontes;hic numerus totos..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...biformem.deseritur Strymon tepido committere NiloBistonias consuetus aues et barbara Cone, 200Sarmaticas ubi perdit aquas sparsamque profundomultifidi Peucen unum..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Decium pressere cateruae: me geminae figant acies, me barbara telis Rheni turba petat, cunctis ego peruius hastis 310excipiam..." - A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...usurpentur quidem a Graecis, sed sint adulterina et barbara; quae item a me totidem acceperit, quae ex medio..." - A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...seruilis est et, ut plerumque solet, externae et barbarae nationis est, si inproba, si informis, si inpudica..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tela nec ignes,in famulos, Ptolemaee, caput. sic barbara Colchiscreditur ultorem metuens regnique fugaeque 465ense suo fratrisque simul..."
