barrus

Latin

Etymology

Probably loaned from an eastern language, such as Indo-Aryan, by way of Iranian; compare Sanskrit वारु (vāru, “royal elephant”).[1]

Pronunciation

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

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)
  1. ^ Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles, May 26-28, 2000. (2001). United States: Institute for the Study of Man, p. 148
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