barbarus
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Romanization
barbarus
- Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌿𐍃
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”) onomatopoeic (mimicking foreign languages, akin to “blah blah”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.rus/, [ˈbärbärʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.rus/, [ˈbärbärus]
Adjective
barbarus (feminine barbara, neuter barbarum, adverb barbarē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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Derived terms
Related terms
- barbaricus
- barbariēs
- barbarismus
- barbarīzō
- barbarolexis
Noun
barbarus m (genitive barbarī); second declension
- a foreigner
- a savage
- an uncivilized man
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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References
- “barbarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “barbarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- barbarus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- barbarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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