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barbări, ōrum, v. barbarus.

barbărĭa, ae (poet., or in post-Aug. prose barbărĭes, acc. -em; so once in Cic. Brut. 74, 258), f. [barbarus].

  1. I. Lit., a foreign country, in opposition to Greece or Rome.
    1. A. In gen.: a quo (philosopho) non solum Graecia et Italia, sed etiam omnis barbaria commota est, Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 49; 5, 4, 11; id. N. D. 1, 29, 81; cf.: non solum cum exercitu suo, sed etiam cum omni inmanitate barbariae bellum inferre nobis. id. Phil. 5, 13, 37; 13, 8, 18: quid tibi barbariem. gentes ab utroque jacentes Oceano numerem? Ov. M. 15, 829: in mediā vivere barbarie, id. Tr. 3, 10, 4; Luc. 8, 812; Just. 9, 5, 7 al.
    2. B. Esp., of a particular country, aside from Greece or Rome. Thus (in the mouth of a Greek), of Italy, as opp. to Greece (only in Plaut.), Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 21; id. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. vapula, p. 278.
      Of Persia: Themistoclem non in Graeciae portus, sed in barbariae sinus confugisse, Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 5.
      Of Phrygia: Graecia barbariae lento collisa duello, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 7.
      Of Gaul, in opp. to Rome, Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).
      Of Scythia and Britain, Cic. N. D. 2, 34, 88; in gen.: quae barbaria Indiā vastior aut agrestior? id. Tusc. 5, 27, 77 al.
  2. II. Meton., mental or moral barbarism, according to the notion of the ancients.
    1. A. Rudeness, rusticity, stupidity: barbaria forensis, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 118: grandis, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 4.
      Hence of barbarism in language: omnes tum fere, qui nec extra urbem hanc vixerant, nec eos aliqua barbaries domestica infuscaverat, recte loquebantur, Cic. Brut. 74, 258.
      And of faulty reading, Petr. 68, 5.
    2. B. Savageness, barbarousness, rudeness, uncivilized manners: inveterata barbaria, Cic. Balb. 19, 43: ferum et immane facinus, quod nulla barbaria posset agnoscere, id. Phil. 14, 3, 8: ista vero quae et quanta barbaria est, id. ib. 2, 42, 108; 11, 2, 6: tanta barbaries (Sarmatorum) est, ut pacem non intellegant, Flor. 4, 12, 20; Just. 43, 4, 1; Quint. 11, 3, 69; Petr. 68.
    3. C. = barbari: quale bellum nulla umquam barbaria cum suā gente gessit, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25; cf.: hoc poëtae nomen, quod nulla umquam barbaria violavit, id. Arch. 8, 19.

barbărĭcārĭus, ii, m. [barbarus], = Phrygio, a gold-weaver, an embroiderer in gold, a gilder, Cod. Just. 12, 24, 7; Cod. Th. 10, 22, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4152; Edict. Diocl. 16, 48, p. 84 Momms.; cf. Donat. ad Verg. A. 11, 777.

barbărĭcē and barbărĭcum, adv., v. barbaricus fin.

barbărĭcus, a, um, adj., = βαρβαρικός [barbarus].

  1. I. Foreign, strange, outlandish, barbarous, in opp. to Grecian or Roman (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1. A. In gen.: alae, Luc. 1, 476: sermo, Amm. 18, 2, 1: pyra, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56: equi, Veg. 6, 7, 1.
      Hence,
      1. 2. Subst.: barbărĭcum, i, n.
        1. a. A foreign land (post-class.): Albis in barbarico, longe ultra Rhenum est, Eutr. 7, 8; 9, 4; Spart. Sev. 47.
        2. b. Barbaricum appellatur clamor exercitus, quod eo genere barbari utantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 31 Müll.
    2. B. Esp., of a particular country, in opp. to Greece or Rome.
      1. 1. Freq. for Phrygian (v. barbarus): astante ope barbaricā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 120 Müll.): vestes, Lucr. 2, 500: barbarico postes auro spoliisque superbi, Verg. A. 2, 504.
      2. 2. (In the mouth of a Greek.) For Italian, Roman (only in Plaut.): urbes, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 104: lex, id. ib. 3, 1, 32: cenare lepide nitideque volo: nihil moror barbarico ritu esse, after the frugal manner of the ancient Romans, id. Cas. 3, 6, 19.
      3. 3. For German, Germanic: nomina, Suet. Calig. 47.
  2. II. (Acc. to barbarus, II.) Rough, rude, unpolished (very rare): vita, Claud. Eutr. 2, 226.
    Trop.: silva barbarica id est conseminea, Col. 11, 2, 83; cf. Mart. 3, 58, 5.
    Hence, adv.
        1. a. barbărĭcum, barbarously: barbaricum atque immane gemens, Sil. 12, 418.
        2. b. barbărĭcē, like a foreigner: barba barbarice demissa, Capitol. Ver. 10, § 6.

barbărĭes, v. barbaria.

barbărismus, i, m., = βαρβαρισμός, an impropriety of speech, barbarism; esp. of pronunciation (acc. to Gell. 13, 6, 14; cf. id. 5, 20, 1, not in use before the Aug. per.; in Nigidius, instead of it, rusticus sermo), Quint. 1, 5, 5 sq.; Auct. Her. 4, 12, 17; Gell. l. l.; 5, 20, 4; Don. p. 1767 sq. P.; Charis. p. 237 sq.; id. Diom. p. 446 sq. P. al.; cf. the foll.