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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>barba</b>: ae, f. cf. O. H. Germ. [[part]]; Germ. Bart; Engl. [[beard]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., the [[beard]], of men: [[alba]], Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15: hirquina, id. Ps. 4, 2, 12: [[mollis]], Lucr. 5, 673: promissa, [[long]], Nep. Dat. 3, 1; Liv. 5, 41, 9; Tac. A. 2, 31; id. G. 31: immissa, Verg. A. 3, 593; Ov. M. 12, 351; Quint. 12, 3, 12: stiriaque inpexis induruit horrida barbis, Verg. G. 3, 366: submittere (as a [[sign]] of [[mourning]]). Suet. Caes. 67; id. Aug. 23; id. Calig. 24: prima, Juv. 8, 166: barbam tondere, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: maxima [[barba]], id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62: major, id. Agr. 2, 5, 13: ponere, Hor. A. P. 298; Suet. Calig. 5; 10; id. Ner. 12: jam [[libet]] hirsutam [[tibi]] falce recidere barbam, Ov. M. 13, 766: abradere, to [[clip]] [[off]]. Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 162; cf. Baumg.Crus. Suet. Caes. 45: rasitare, Gell. 3, 4: barbam vellere alicui, to [[pluck]] one by the [[beard]] (an [[insult]]), Hor. S. 1, 3, 133: sapientem pascere barbam, i. e. to [[study]] the Stoic [[philosophy]], id. ib. 2, 3, 35; Pers. 1, 133; 2, 28: capillatior [[quam]] [[ante]] barbāque majore, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 62: in [[gens]] et cana [[barba]], Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 6.—Sometimes in plur. of a [[heavy]], [[long]] [[beard]], Petr. 99, 5; App. M. 4, p. 157, 1.—The statues of the gods had barbas aureas, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; [[hence]], barbam auream habere = deum esse, Petr. 58, 6; cf. Pers. 2, 56.—The [[ancient]] Romans allowed the [[beard]] to [[grow]] [[long]] ([[hence]], barbati, Cic. Mur. 12; id. Cael. 14, 33; id. Fin. 4, 23, 62; Juv. 4, 103; and: [[dignus]] barbā capillisque Majorum, of an [[upright]], [[honest]] [[man]], Juv. 16, 31), [[until]] A.U.C. 454, [[when]] a [[certain]] P. [[Titinius]] [[Menas]] brought barbers to [[Rome]] from Sicily, and introduced the [[custom]] of shaving the [[beard]], Varr R. R. 2, 11, 10; Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211. [[Scipio]] [[Africanus]] [[was]] the [[first]] [[who]] caused [[himself]] to be shaved [[daily]], Plin. 1. 1. Still, this [[custom]] seems to [[have]] [[become]] [[general]] [[first]] in the Aug. per.; cf. Boettig. [[Sabina]], 2, p. 57 sq.; Goer. Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 62.—Young men allowed the [[beard]] to [[grow]] for [[some]] years; [[hence]]. juvenes barbatuli or [[bene]] barbati (v. [[barbatulus]] and [[barbatus]]). It [[was]] the [[custom]] to [[devote]] the [[first]] [[beard]] [[cut]] [[off]] to [[some]] [[deity]], esp. to [[Apollo]], Jupiter, or [[Venus]], Petr. 29; Juv. 3, 186; Suet. Ner. 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of animals: hircorum, Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 74: caprarum, id. 26, 8, 30, § 47: gallinaceorum, id. 30, 11, 29, § 97: luporum, Hor. S. 1, 8, 42. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of plants, the [[wool]]: nucum, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 89; cf. id. 17, 23, 35, § 202.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> [[Barba]] Jovis, a [[shrub]], the [[silver]]-leaved woolblade: Anthyllis [[barba]] Jovis, Linn.; Plin. 16, 18, 31, § 76.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) [[barba]],¹⁰ æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> barbe [de l’homme et des animaux] : barbam abradere Plin. 6, 162, épiler ; tondere Cic. Tusc. 5, 58, se raser ; barbam submittere Suet. Cæs. 67, laisser croître sa barbe ; barbam sapientem pascere Hor. S. 2, 3, 35, entretenir une barbe de [[philosophe]] (faire profession de [[philosophie]]) ; barbam vellere alicui Hor. S. 1, 3, 133, tirer la barbe à quelqu’un [l’insulter] ; barbam auream habere Petr. 58, 6, avoir une barbe d’or, être dieu ; [[dignus]] [[barba]] majorum Juv. 16, 31, homme de mœurs antiques<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] jeunes branches, feuilles tendres, duvet : Plin. 15, 89 &#124;&#124; [[barba]] [[Jovis]] Plin. 16, 76, la joubarbe [plante].||[[barba]] [[Jovis]] Plin. 16, 76, la joubarbe [plante].
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{{Georges
|georg=barba, ae, f. ([[für]] *farba, Grundform *bharda, ahd. bart), der [[Bart]], I) eig.: a) am Menschen, [[capillus]] et [[barba]] magna, Varr.: [[capillus]] et [[prominens]] [[barba]], Sen.: hirsuta [[barba]] et in [[acutum]] [[prominens]], Amm.: [[barba]] longa, Ov.: [[barba]] promissa, Vollbart, Nep.: [[barba]] immissa, Verg. u. Sen. rhet.: [[barba]] demissa, Sen. rhet.: barbā et capillo promisso, Liv.: promittere barbam, Liv., crinem barbamque, Tac.: barbam radere, Suet. u.a.: barbam tondere, Cic.: barbam ponere, Hor. u. Suet.: barbam recīdere, resecare, Ov.: barbam vellere alci, jmd. am Barte [[ziehen]] (eine schwere Beleidigung), Hor. – Plur. barbae, [[von]] einem starken Barte, Petr. 99, 5. Apul. [[met]]. 4, 31. – b) an Tieren, hirci, caprae, gallinacei, Plin.: polyporum = cirri, die Fangarme, Plin.: [[lupi]], Wolfsschnauze (an der der [[Bart]] sitzt), Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 8, 42: tragelaphi habent [[menta]] promissis hirta barbis, Solin. 19. § 19. – II) übtr., der [[Bart]] an Gewächsen, nucum, die [[Wolle]], Plin. 15, 88: [[barba]] [[tonsilis]] tenuium virgultorum, Plin. 17, 202. – [[Iovis]] [[barba]], die silberblätterige Wollblume (Anthyllis [[barba]] [[Iovis]], L.), Plin. 16, 76.
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{{esel
|sltx=[[γένυς]], [[γένειον]], [[γωνία]]
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=barba barbae N F :: beard/ whiskers; large unkempt beard (pl.); [Jovis ~ => shrub Anthyllis barba]
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