reubarbarum
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον (rhêon bárbaron), from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) + βάρβαρον (bárbaron), neuter of βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign; barbaric”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reu̯ˈbar.ba.rum/, [rɛu̯ˈbärbärʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reu̯ˈbar.ba.rum/, [reu̯ˈbärbärum]
Noun edit
reubarbarum n (genitive reubarbarī); second declension
- rhubarb
- Reubarbarum sive reuponticum, illud quod trans Danubium in solo barbarico, istud quod circa Pontum colligitur, nominatum. Reu autem dictum quod sit radix, quasi radix barbara, quasi radix Pontica. Isidorus Sevillensis
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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References edit
- reubarbarum 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)
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.