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|lshtext=<b>bărā̆thrum</b>: i, n., = [[βάραθρον]] | |lshtext=<b>bărā̆thrum</b>: i, n., = [[βάραθρον]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[abyss]], [[chasm]], a [[deep]] [[pit]], the Lower World ([[mostly]] [[poet]]; cf. [[vorago]]), Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 12: o [[barathrum]] ubi [[nunc]] es? ut ego te usurpem [[lubens]] (words of one in [[despair]]), id. Bacch. 1, 2, 41; Lucr. 3, 966; Cat. 68, 108; 68, 117; 95, 5.—Esp., of the [[infernal]] regions: ferri in [[barathrum]], Lucr. 6, 606: [[imus]] barathri [[gurges]] ([[Charybdis]]), Verg. A. 3, 421; 8, 245; Sil. 9, 497: [[poena]] barathri, Val. Fl. 2, 86; a [[pit]] made by [[art]], a [[deep]] [[dungeon]], Vitr. 10, 22, 11.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.: [[quid]] [[enim]] differt, barathrone Dones [[quidquid]] habes, an [[numquam]] utare paratis? thou throwest [[into]] the [[abyss]], i. e. squanderest, Hor. S. 2, 3, 166.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br /> <b>A</b> Jocosely or [[satirically]], a [[maw]] (as [[insatiable]]), Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 29; Mart. 1, 88, 4.—Hence Horace calls a [[greedy]] [[man]] [[barathrum]] macelli, an [[abyss]], [[gulf]] of the [[provision]] [[market]], Ep. 1, 15, 31.—<br /> <b>B</b> In mal. [[part]]., Mart. 3, 81, 1. | ||
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Revision as of 09:31, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bărā̆thrum: i, n., = βάραθρον,
I an abyss, chasm, a deep pit, the Lower World (mostly poet; cf. vorago), Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 12: o barathrum ubi nunc es? ut ego te usurpem lubens (words of one in despair), id. Bacch. 1, 2, 41; Lucr. 3, 966; Cat. 68, 108; 68, 117; 95, 5.—Esp., of the infernal regions: ferri in barathrum, Lucr. 6, 606: imus barathri gurges (Charybdis), Verg. A. 3, 421; 8, 245; Sil. 9, 497: poena barathri, Val. Fl. 2, 86; a pit made by art, a deep dungeon, Vitr. 10, 22, 11.—
B Trop.: quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quidquid habes, an numquam utare paratis? thou throwest into the abyss, i. e. squanderest, Hor. S. 2, 3, 166.—
II Transf.
A Jocosely or satirically, a maw (as insatiable), Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 29; Mart. 1, 88, 4.—Hence Horace calls a greedy man barathrum macelli, an abyss, gulf of the provision market, Ep. 1, 15, 31.—
B In mal. part., Mart. 3, 81, 1.
