bardus

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.dus/, [ˈbar.dʊs]

Etymology 1

Thought to be a loanword, perhaps from Etruscan.[1]

Adjective

bardus (feminine barda, neuter bardum, comparative bardior); first/second declension

  1. (rare) stupid, oafish, dull of apprehension
Usage notes
  • Neither the superlative (*bardissimus) nor the adverbial (*bardē) is attested in Classical or Late sources.
Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative bardus barda bardum bardī bardae barda
Genitive bardī bardae bardī bardōrum bardārum bardōrum
Dative bardō bardae bardō bardīs bardīs bardīs
Accusative bardum bardam bardum bardōs bardās barda
Ablative bardō bardā bardō bardīs bardīs bardīs
Vocative barde barda bardum bardī bardae barda

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “bardus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 69
  • 1. bardus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 1 bardus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “208/2”

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to approve, praise”), whence grātus.

Noun

bardus m (genitive bardī); second declension

  1. a bard (a poet and singer among the Gauls)
Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bardus bardī
Genitive bardī bardōrum
Dative bardō bardīs
Accusative bardum bardōs
Ablative bardō bardīs
Vocative barde bardī
Descendants

References
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