barathrum

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɹəθɹəm/

Noun

barathrum (plural barathrums)

A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
The abyss, hell.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάραθρον (bárathron).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ra.tʰrum/, [ˈba.ra.tʰrũ]

Noun

barathrum n (genitive barathrī); second declension

chasm, pit
abyss, the lower world, hell
(by humorous extension) maw, belly

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	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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