barbara

An arbitrarily chosen word with three A's in it representing universal affirmatives.

barbara (plural barbaras)

1. (logic) A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y".

barbara f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective barbaro.

barbara f (plural barbare, masculine barbaro)

1. female equivalent of barbaro

From barbarus: as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for fēmina barbara (the formation is novel to Latin; the Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros) is an adjective of two endings, whose masculine and feminine forms are isomorphic); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/
• Homophone: Barbara

barbara f (genitive barbarae); first declension

1. a wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or immodest woman

First declension.

• inverēcunda

barbara

1. nominative singular feminine of barbarus
2. nominative neuter plural of barbarus
3. accusative neuter plural of barbarus
4. vocative singular feminine of barbarus
5. vocative neuter plural of barbarus

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.raː/

barbarā

1. ablative singular feminine of barbarus

• barbăra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1. BARBARA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• “barbara” on page 225/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαρβάρα (barbára).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/
• Homophone: Barbara

barbara f (genitive barbarae); first declension

1. a kind of plaster

First declension.

• (kind of plaster): barbarum

• barbăra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 207/2
• “barbara” on page 225/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

barbara

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of barbar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of barbar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of barbar.