barrus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Probably loaned from an eastern language, such as Indo-Aryan, by way of Iranian; compare Sanskrit वारु (vāru, “royal elephant”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.rus/, [ˈbärːʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.rus/, [ˈbärːus]

Noun edit

barrus m (genitive barrī); second declension

An elephant.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barrus	barrī
Genitive	barrī	barrōrum
Dative	barrō	barrīs
Accusative	barrum	barrōs
Ablative	barrō	barrīs
Vocative	barre	barrī

Synonyms edit

References edit

“barrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
barrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

^ Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles, May 26-28, 2000. (2001). United States: Institute for the Study of Man, p. 148

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