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barbarum

barbarum is a Latin form of barbarus, meaning “foreign, barbarian; uncivilized, savage; (noun) a foreigner, barbarian”. It is the accusative singular masculine adjective or nominative singular neuter adjective or vocative singular neuter adjective or accusative singular neuter adjective.

It can also be a form of barba, “beard”.

Found 41 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.31.13: Hominem esse barbarum, iracundum, temerarium: non posse eius imperia, diutius sustineri.

Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.17: Nosti quendam Barbarum nostrae civitatis decurionem, quem Scorpionem prae morum acritudine vulgus appellat? Hic uxorem generosam et …

All forms of barbarus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.