barbarorum
Dictionary entries
- 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;
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (n.) - Entry →barbarus, barbari:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
barbarian, uncivilized person; foreigner (not Greek/Roman);
gen. pl. - 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);
gen. pl.
Examples
- C
Timotheus
Cornelius Nepos
"...Venio nunc ad fortissimum virum maximique consilii omnium barbarorum exceptis duobus Carthaginiensibus, Hamilcare et Hannibale..." - C
Conon
Cornelius Nepos
"...profectus, quae ceteris gentibus imperare consuerit, potius barbarorum quam illius more fungar.' Itaque, quae huic volebat, scripta tradidit..." - C
Pausanias
Cornelius Nepos
"...Cyprum atque Hellespontum miserunt, ut ex his regionibus barbarorum praesidia depelleret. Pari felicitate in ea re usus elatius..." - C
Themistocles
Cornelius Nepos
"...periculo. Namque Lacedaemonii causam idoneam nacti propter barbarorum excursiones, qua negarent oportere extra Peloponnesum ullam urbem muros habere..." - L
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...uniuersos mutasse sedem. Quid sibi uolunt in mediis barbarorum regionibus Graecae urbes? Quid inter Indos Persasque Macedonicus sermo..." - L
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...facile Latina ei homini verba succurrant, quem barbarorum inconditus et barbaris quoque humanioribus gravis fremitus circumsonat. Seneca..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...servatos, non hostilia arma detracta victis, non currus barbarorum sanguine cruenti, non parta bello spolia. Haec divina potentia..." - C
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...refugere aut tam diu uno loco sedere. Habebat barbarorum equitum XX, peditum centum milia, quos illi Cardacas appellant..."
