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barbaria ae (nom. also -iēs, acc. iem), f

barbarus, a strange land, foreign country (opp. Greece and Italy): barbariae bellum inferre: Quid tibi barbariem ... numerem? O.: Graecia barbariae conlisa, i. e. Phrygia, H.: quae barbaria Indiā vastior. — Rudeness, savageness, barbarism: ista quanta barbaria est, savage state of society: inveterata: domestica, corrupting influence.—An uncivilized people: quale bellum nulla barbaria gessit.

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