barathrum
English
Etymology
From Latin barathrum, from Ancient Greek βάραθρον (bárathron).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbaɹəθɹəm/
Noun
barathrum (plural barathrums)
- A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
- The abyss, hell.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάραθρον (bárathron).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈba.ra.tʰrum/, [ˈba.ra.tʰrũ]
Noun
barathrum n (genitive barathrī); second declension
- chasm, pit
- abyss, the lower world, hell
- (by humorous extension) maw, belly
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | barathrum | barathra |
| Genitive | barathrī | barathrōrum |
| Dative | barathrō | barathrīs |
| Accusative | barathrum | barathra |
| Ablative | barathrō | barathrīs |
| Vocative | barathrum | barathra |
Descendants
- Albanian: ballandër
- Italian: baratro
- Portuguese: báratro
- Spanish: báratro
References
- barathrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- barathrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- barathrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette