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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikós).
Pronunciation
Adjective
barbaricus (feminine barbarica, neuter barbaricum); first/second-declension adjective
- barbaric
- Synonyms: trux, ferōx, atrōx, violēns, immānis, efferus, ferus, crūdēlis, silvāticus, ācer
- Antonyms: mītis, misericors, tranquillus, placidus, quietus, clemens
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “barbaricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “barbaricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- barbaricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.