birrus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin birrus (“a kind of cloak”), from Gaulish *birros, from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”).

Noun

birrus (plural birruses)

  1. (historical) A coarse kind of thick woollen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages.
  2. A woollen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or head.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “birrus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *birros, from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”).

Pronunciation

Noun

birrus m (genitive birrī); second declension

  1. a cloak to keep off rain, made of silk or wool

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative birrus birrī
genitive birrī birrōrum
dative birrō birrīs
accusative birrum birrōs
ablative birrō birrīs
vocative birre birrī

Descendants

  • → English: birrus
  • → Ancient Greek: βίρρος (bírrhos)

References

  • “birrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “birrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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