barrus

Latin

Etymology

Probably loaned from an eastern language, such as Indo-Aryan, by way of Iranian; compare Sanskrit वारु (vāru, “royal elephant”).

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.

	singular	plural
nominative	barrus	barrī
genitive	barrī	barrōrum
dative	barrō	barrīs
accusative	barrum	barrōs
ablative	barrō	barrīs
vocative	barre	barrī

Synonyms

• elephāns
• elephās
• Lūca bōs

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)