The corpus record — Latin

barbărŏlexis

barbărŏlexis · f

the perversion of the form of a word

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What it meant

barbărŏlexis — Lewis & Short

barbărŏlexis, eos, f., = barbaro/lecis,

I the perversion of the form of a word, esp. the change or in flection of a Greek word according to Latin usage (while barbarismus is the erroneous pronunciation of a Latin word), Isid. Orig. 1, 31, 2 (in Charis. p. 237 P. used as Greek).

Where it came from

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