barrus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.rus/, [ˈbärːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.rus/, [ˈbärːus]

Noun

barrus m (genitive barrī); second declension

1. An elephant.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barrus	barrī
Genitive	barrī	barrōrum
Dative	barrō	barrīs
Accusative	barrum	barrōs
Ablative	barrō	barrīs
Vocative	barre	barrī

Synonyms

• elephāns
• elephās

References

• “barrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• barrus 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)