bardus

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown, thought to be a loanword, perhaps from Etruscan. Compare bārō (“dunce, lout”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.dus/, [ˈbärd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.dus/, [ˈbärd̪us]

Adjective

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

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 adjective.

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		bardō		bardīs
Accusative	bardum	bardam	bardum		bardōs	bardās	barda
Ablative	bardō	bardā	bardō		bardīs
Vocative	barde	barda	bardum		bardī	bardae	barda

Derived terms

• combardus

Further reading

• “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

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.dus/, [ˈbärd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.dus/, [ˈbärd̪us]

Noun

bardus m (genitive bardī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Descendants

• → French: barde
  • → Esperanto: bardo
  • → Finnish: bardi
  • → German: Barde
• → Galician: bardo
• → Hungarian: bárd
• → Italian: bardo
• → Portuguese: bardo
• → Spanish: bardo

Further reading

• “††2. bardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bardus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 2 bardus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “208/2”