barbarum

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Akkadian

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𒌨𒁇𒊏 (barbarum)

Etymology

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Likely borrowed from Sumerian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (urbarak, literally outside dog, wild predator). Compare Arabic بَبْر (babr, tiger) and Classical Syriac ܒܒܪܐ (bbrʾ, tiger), not understood in their direct origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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barbarum m (plural barbarū)

  1. wolf
  2. (Standard Babylonian, astronomy, with determiner 𒀯) the name of one of the twelve stars of Enlil

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

Derived terms

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References

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  • “barbaru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “barbaru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Latin

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Adjective

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barbarum

  1. inflection of barbarus:
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. nominative/accusative neuter singular

Noun

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barbārum f

  1. genitive plural of barba

References

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  • barbarum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • barbarum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.