barathrum

English

Etymology

From Latin barathrum, from Ancient Greek βάραθρον (bárathron).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbaɹəθɹəm/

Noun

barathrum (plural barathrums)

  1. A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
  2. 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

  1. chasm, pit
  2. abyss, the lower world, hell
  3. (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

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
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