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barbărĭcus , a, um, adj., = βαρβαρικός [barbarus].
I. Foreign, strange, outlandish, barbarous, in opp. to Grecian or Roman (poet. and in post - Aug. prose).
A. In gen.: “alae,Luc. 1, 476: “sermo,Amm. 18, 2, 1: “pyra,Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56: “equi,Veg. 6, 7, 1.—Hence,
2. Subst.: barbărĭcum , i, n.
a. A foreign land (post-class.): “Albis in barbarico, longe ultra Rhenum est,Eutr. 7, 8; 9, 4; Spart. Sev. 47.—
b. Barbaricum appellatur clamor exercitus, quod eo genere barbari utantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 31 Müll.—
B. Esp., of a particular country, in opp. to Greece or Rome.
1. Freq. for Phrygian (v. barbarus): astante ope barbaricā, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 120 Müll.): “vestes,Lucr. 2, 500: “barbarico postes auro spoliisque superbi,Verg. A. 2, 504.—
2. (In the mouth of a Greek.) For Italian, Roman (only in Plaut.): “urbes,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 104: “lex,id. ib. 3, 1, 32: “cenare lepide nitideque volo: nihil moror barbarico ritu esse,after the frugal manner of the ancient Romans, id. Cas. 3, 6, 19.—
3. For German, Germanic: “nomina,Suet. Calig. 47.—
II. (Acc. to barbarus, II.) Rough, rude, unpolished (very rare): “vita,Claud. Eutr. 2, 226. —Trop.: “silva barbarica id est conseminea,Col. 11, 2, 83; cf. Mart. 3, 58, 5.—Hence, adv.
a. barbărĭcum , barbarously: “barbaricum atque immane gemens,Sil. 12, 418.—
b. barbărĭcē , like a foreigner: “barba barbarice demissa,Capitol. Ver. 10, § 6.
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.504
    • Plautus, Captivi, 4.2
    • Plautus, Casina, 3.6
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.500
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 47
    • Lucan, Civil War, 1.476
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.19
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