barbarum

Akkadian

𒌨𒁇𒊏 (barbarum)

Etymology

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

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.rum/

Noun

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

• barbaru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌨𒁇𒊏 (UR.BAR.RA) 𒀯𒌨𒁇𒊏 (MUL.UR.BAR.RA)	(genitive) 𒁀𒅈𒁀𒊑𒅎 (ba-ar-ba-ri-im) 𒁀𒅈𒁀𒊒 (ba-ar-ba-ru) 𒁇𒁀𒊒 (bar-ba-ru)

Derived terms

• barbar uršim (scorpion)

References

• “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

Adjective

barbarum

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

Noun

barbārum f

1. genitive plural of barba

References

• “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.