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bardus1

stupid, dull

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Where it lives

De Fato 1 · 2.02/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

1. bardus — de Vaan

bardus 'stupid, dull' [adj. o/a] (PL+) WH and EM assume a loanword, possibly from Etruscan* Bibl.: WH I: 96, EM 66. + — [de Vaan, s.v. bardus, p. 83]

2. bardus — Lewis & Short

bardus, a, um,

I adj [root garu-, whence also gravis; Sanscr. guruú; cf. Gr. baru/s, bradu/s, and Lat. brutus], stupid, dull of apprehension (rare), Fest. p. 28; cf. Non. p. 10, 3 sq.; Adamant. ap. Cassiod. p. 2299 P.: stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2; so id. Ep. 3, 3, 40; id. Pers. 2, 1, 2 (quoted by Non. l. l.): Zopyrus stupidum esse Socratem dixit et bardum, * Cic. Fat 5, 10: Pictor bardior, Tert. adv Herm. 36.—Sup. and adv. not in use. ††

2 bardus, i, m. Engl. bard; Celtic, from Wal. bar, = spirit, or Armor. bar, = distinguished, a poet and singer among the Gauls, a bard, minstrel. bardus Gallice cantor appellatur, qui virorum fortium laudes canit, a gente Bardorum, de quibus Lucanus, 1, 449; Fest. p 28; cf. Amm. 15, 9, 5 and 8.

3. bardus — Lewis & Short

bardus, a, um,

I adj [root garu-, whence also gravis; Sanscr. guruú; cf. Gr. βαρύς, βραδύς, and Lat. brutus], stupid, dull of apprehension (rare), Fest. p. 28; cf. Non. p. 10, 3 sq.; Adamant. ap. Cassiod. p. 2299 P.: stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2; so id. Ep. 3, 3, 40; id. Pers. 2, 1, 2 (quoted by Non. l. l.): Zopyrus stupidum esse Socratem dixit et bardum, * Cic. Fat 5, 10: Pictor bardior, Tert. adv Herm. 36.—Sup. and adv. not in use.

4. bardus — Lewis & Short

bardus, i, m.Engl. bard; Celtic, from Wal. bar, = spirit, or Armor. bar, = distinguished, a poet and singer among the Gauls, a bard, minstrel. bardus Gallice cantor appellatur, qui virorum fortium laudes canit, a gente Bardorum, de quibus Lucanus, 1, 449; Fest. p 28; cf.

Amm. 15, 9, 5 and 8.

In the wild

barda Plautus, Persa 2.1
Bardi Lucan, Pharsalia 1.449
bardus Prudentius, Apotheosis 3.296
bardum Cicero, De Fato 10
Bardi Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.9.8

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. bardus (scan p. 83; entry #141).
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. bardus (scan p. 90; entry #1185).

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