baburrus

Latin

Etymology

Of imitative origin, or perhaps connected to barbarus (“barbarian, foreign”). Compare babulus (“fool”), Ancient Greek βαβύρτας (babúrtas, “halfwit”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈbur.rus/, [bäˈburːus]

Adjective

baburrus (feminine baburra, neuter baburrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) foolish, silly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	baburrus	baburra	baburrum		baburrī	baburrae	baburra
Genitive	baburrī	baburrae	baburrī		baburrōrum	baburrārum	baburrōrum
Dative	baburrō		baburrō		baburrīs
Accusative	baburrum	baburram	baburrum		baburrōs	baburrās	baburra
Ablative	baburrō	baburrā	baburrō		baburrīs
Vocative	baburre	baburra	baburrum		baburrī	baburrae	baburra

References

• “baburrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• baburrus 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)
• baburrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Souter, Alexander (1949) “baburrus”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎^[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 27
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “baburrus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 75
• baburrus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016