baro

ἀναπλασμὸς ἐκ ματαίων ἐλπίδων → building of castles in the air

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bāro: ōnis m. kindr with bardus, q. v.; cf. also Varro, varo,
I a simpleton, blockhead, dunce (four times in Cicero, elsewhere rare): haec cum loqueris, nos barones stupemus, tu videlicet tecum ipse rides, Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 76; so id. Div. 2, 70, 144; id. Fam. 9, 26, 3; id. Att. 5, 11, 6; Pers. 5, 138; Petr. 53, 11; 63, 7.

bārō,¹⁴ ōnis, m.,
1 balourd, lourdaud : Cic. Fin. 2, 76
2 mercenaire : Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 31.

(1) bāro¹, ōnis, m. (varo, varro, Klotz; vgl. Jahn Pers. 5, 138 not. cr. u. Wölfflin im Archiv 9, 13 f.), ein einfältiger Mensch, ein Einfaltspinsel, Tölpel, barones et rustici, Lucil. fr.: baro, te victum esse non vides? Cic.: haec cum loqueris, nos barones stupemus, Cic.: eheu, baro, Pers.
(2) bāro², ōnis, m., der Mietsoldat, nach Isid. 9, 4, 31; vgl. Gloss. ›baro, mercennarius‹.