barritus

Latin

Etymology

From barriō (“to make the sound of an elephant”) (present stem barrī-) +‎ -tus (suffix forming verbal nouns).

Noun

barrītus m (genitive barrītūs); fourth declension

  1. (Late Latin) the sound of an elephant

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative barrītus barrītūs
genitive barrītūs barrītuum
dative barrītuī barrītibus
accusative barrītum barrītūs
ablative barrītū barrītibus
vocative barrītus barrītūs

References

  • “barritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • barritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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