barbărĭcus — Lewis & Short
barbărĭcus, a, um, adj., = barbariko/s [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.