barathrum

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɹəθɹəm/

Noun edit

barathrum (plural barathrums)

A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
The abyss, hell.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βάραθρον (bárathron).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ra.tʰrum/, [ˈbärät̪ʰrʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ra.trum/, [ˈbäːrät̪rum]

Noun edit

barathrum n (genitive barathrī); second declension

chasm, pit
abyss, the lower world, hell
(by humorous extension) maw, belly

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barathrum	barathra
Genitive	barathrī	barathrōrum
Dative	barathrō	barathrīs
Accusative	barathrum	barathra
Ablative	barathrō	barathrīs
Vocative	barathrum	barathra

Descendants edit

Albanian: ballandër
Italian: baratro
Portuguese: báratro
Spanish: báratro

References edit

“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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