barbarum
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);
gen. pl. - Entry →barba, barbae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beard/ whiskers; large unkempt beard (pl.); [Jovis ~ => shrub Anthyllis barba];
gen. pl. - 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →barbarus, barbari:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
barbarian, uncivilized person; foreigner (not Greek/Roman);
acc. sg.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);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...barbare" quem loqui dicimus, id vitium sermonis non barbarum esse, sed "rusticum" et cum eo vitio loquentes "rustice..."Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...posuit, per quas docet "pluria" Latinum esse, "plura" barbarum. Ad Capitonem igitur te dimittimus. Ex eo id quoque..."Alcibiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...primus Graecae civitatis in Thraeciam introiit, gloriosius existimans barbarum praeda locupletari quam Graiorum. Qua ex re creverat..."Miltiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...tendebat, pervenitque Chersonesum. Ibi brevi tempore barbarum copiis disiectis tota regione, quam petierat, potitus, loca castellis idonea communiit..."Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...receptam alieni arbitrii et sub paedagogo fuit; quem barbarum et olim superiumentarium ex industria sibi appositum..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quae si nostris litteris scribantur, surdum quiddam et barbarum efficient) et velut in locum earum succedunt tristes..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...peregrinitas resonet. XXXI. Non enim sine causa dicitur "barbarum Graecumve": nam sonis homines ut aera tinnitu dinoscimus..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...peri algu, vel tu aegrota vel vale. barbarum hospitem mi in aedis nil moror. sat litiumst.— CHARM. Iamne..."
