baburrus

Latin

Etymology

Of imitative origin, or perhaps connected to barbarus (“barbarian, foreign”). Compare babulus (“fool”), Ancient Greek βαβύρτας (babúrtas, “halfwit”).

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [baˈbur.rus]

Adjective

baburrus (feminine baburra, neuter baburrum); first/second-declension adjective

(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) foolish, silly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	baburrus	baburra	baburrum	baburrī	baburrae	baburra
genitive	baburrī	baburrae	baburrī	baburrōrum	baburrārum	baburrōrum
dative	baburrō	baburrae	baburrō	baburrīs
accusative	baburrum	baburram	baburrum	baburrōs	baburrās	baburra
ablative	baburrō	baburrā	baburrō	baburrīs
vocative	baburre	baburra	baburrum	baburrī	baburrae	baburra

References

“baburrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"baburrus", 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)
“baburrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Souter, Alexander (1949), “baburrus”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎^[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 27
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “baburrus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 75
baburrus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016