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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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L&S Lewis & Short (2)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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barbae | ne: fem gen/dat sg · fem nom/voc pl

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• barba, ae, f. [cf. O. H. Germ. part; Germ. Bart; Engl. beard].
  1. I. 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, Cic. 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; Cic. 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.—
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. 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. —
    2. B. Of plants, the wool: nucum, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 89; cf. id. 17, 23, 35, § 202.—
    3. C. Barba Jovis, a shrub, the silver-leaved woolblade: Anthyllis barba Jovis, Linn.; Plin. 16, 18, 31, § 76.
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• Barba, ae, m., a Roman name, e. g. Cassius Barba, a friend of Cœsar and Antony, Cic. Phil. 13, 1, 2 sq.; id. Att. 13, 52, 1.
GAF Gaffiot (2)
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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• 1 barba, æ, f.,
1. 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
2. [fig.] jeunes branches, feuilles tendres, duvet : Plin. 15, 89 || barba Jovis Plin. 16, 76, la joubarbe [plante].
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• 2 Barba, æ, m., surnom romain : Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1.
GES Gesner (2)
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Johann Matthias Gesner, Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus (1749). Transcribed by the team of Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann from Heidelberg University; accessed via latin-dict.github.io.
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BARBA [1], ae. f. [πώγων, ὑπήνη] Pili in maxilla vtraque, magis tamen inferiore hominum et animalium. […]
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BARBA [2], Iouis. [Διὸς πώγων] Arbor est Plinio, in opere topiario tonsilis, et in rotunditatem spissa, argenteo folio: quam etiam odisse aquas, scribit 16, 18.
FOR Forcellini (1)
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Egidio Forcellini, Totius Latinitatis Lexicon. Digital entries displayed from lexica.linguax.com, maintained by Godmy. All credit belongs to the respective authors and contributors.