barditus

Latin

Alternative forms

barītus, barrītus

Etymology

This term is given by Tacitus as what Germanic peoples call their war chants (quem barditum vocant). As such, it may be a Latinization of a Proto-Germanic word, for example, *barjaną (“to beat, strike”).

Noun

bardītus m (genitive bardītūs); fourth declension

a war chant used by the early Germanic peoples

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bardītus	bardītūs
Genitive	bardītūs	bardītuum
Dative	bardītuī	bardītibus
Accusative	bardītum	bardītūs
Ablative	bardītū	bardītibus
Vocative	bardītus	bardītūs

References

“barditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“barditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers (Note: Elementary Lewis indicates second declension)
barditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette