[ˈbar.ba], [ˈbar.ba]
OriginFrom barba (“beard”).
- declension-1, femininebeard (facial hair)
“Barba nōn facit philosophum.” — A beard does not make a philosopher.
“Videō barbam et pallium; philosophum nōndum videō.” — I see a beard and cloak; a philosopher I don’t yet see.
“[…] Stiriaque impexis induruit horrida barbis,” — […] hoarfrost clings to their uncombed, shaggy beards while the whole sky keeps on sheding snow.
- declension-1, feminine, figurativelywool, down on a plant
- declension-1, masculine, singulara Roman cognomen — famously held by
- declension-1, masculine, singularCassius Barba (a friend of Caesar, who gave Cicero guards for his villa, when Caesar paid him a visit in 44 BC)
Formsbarbae(genitive) · barba(nominative, singular) · barbae(nominative, plural) · barbae(genitive, singular) · barbārum(genitive, plural) · barbae(dative, singular) · barbīs(dative, plural) · barbam(accusative, singular) · barbās(accusative, plural) · barbā(ablative, singular) · barbīs(ablative, plural) · barba(singular, vocative) · barbae(plural, vocative) · Barbae(genitive) · Barba(nominative, singular) · Barbae(genitive, singular) · Barbae(dative, singular) · Barbam(accusative, singular) · Barbā(ablative, singular) · Barba(singular, vocative)