barathrum

English

Etymology

From Latin barathrum, from Ancient Greek βάραθρον (bárathron).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɹəθɹəm/

Noun

barathrum (plural barathrums)

1. A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
2. The abyss, hell.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάραθρον (bárathron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ra.tʰrum/, [ˈbärät̪ʰrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ra.trum/, [ˈbäːrät̪rum]

Noun

barathrum n (genitive barathrī); second declension

1. chasm, pit
2. abyss, the lower world, hell
3. (by humorous extension) maw, belly

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	barathrum	barathra
genitive	barathrī	barathrōrum
dative	barathrō	barathrīs
accusative	barathrum	barathra
ablative	barathrō	barathrīs
vocative	barathrum	barathra

Descendants

• Albanian: ballandër
• Italian: baratro
• Portuguese: báratro
• Spanish: báratro

References

• “barathrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “barathrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• barathrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.