barditus

Latin

Alternative forms

• barītus, barrītus

Etymology

This term is given by Tacitus as what Germanic peoples call their war chants (quem barditum vocant). As such, it may be a Latinization of a Proto-Germanic word, for example, *barjaną (“to beat, strike”).

Noun

bardītus m (genitive bardītūs); fourth declension

1. a war chant used by the early Germanic peoples

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bardītus	bardītūs
genitive	bardītūs	bardītuum
dative	bardītuī	bardītibus
accusative	bardītum	bardītūs
ablative	bardītū	bardītibus
vocative	bardītus	bardītūs

References

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