The corpus record

βαρβᾰρ-ισμός

barbarismos · ὁ

use of a foreign tongue

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Where it lives

Ars Poetica 3 · 2.97/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant — LSJ

use of a foreign tongue, of oneʼs own tongue amiss, barbarism

use of a foreign tongue or of oneʼs own tongue amiss, barbarism, Arist. Po. 1458a26, Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.214, Ph. 1.124, Plu. QConv. 2.731e; μιᾶς λέξεως κακία ὁ β., ἐπιπλοκῆς δὲ λέξεων ἀκαταλλήλων ὁ σολοικισμός A.D. Synt. 198.7.

In the wild

βαρβαρισμός · barbarismos Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22
βαρβαρισμός · barbarismos Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22
βαρβαρισμός · barbarismos Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22
βαρβαρισμοῦ · barbarismou Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5788)
βαρβαρισμὸς · barbarismos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5879)

Where it came from

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