barathrum

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

barathrum n (genitive barathrī); second declension

  1. chasm, pit
  2. abyss, the lower world, hell
  3. (by humorous extension) maw, belly

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative barathrum barathra
genitive barathrī barathrōrum
dative barathrō barathrīs
accusative barathrum barathra
ablative barathrō barathrīs
vocative barathrum barathra

Descendants

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

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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