barritus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

barrītus m (genitive barrītūs); fourth declension

  1. (Late Latin) the sound of an elephant

Declension[edit]

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative barrītus barrītūs
Genitive barrītūs barrītuum
Dative barrītuī barrītibus
Accusative barrītum barrītūs
Ablative barrītū barrītibus
Vocative barrītus barrītūs

References[edit]

  • “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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