The corpus record — Latin

baris

baris · f

a small Egyptian row-boat

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Where it lives

De Inventione 3 · 0.91/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. bāris — Lewis & Short

bāris, ĭdos, f.Egyptian,

I a small Egyptian row-boat, ba/ris, Prop. 3 (4), 11, 44.Kuin.

2. bäris — Walde–Hofmann

bäris (dazu barisa ,ciboc mornplou* GL?) s. barca. 1. baró, -önis m. „Tölpel, ungebildeter Klotz, Mensch mit einseitiger Ausbildung‘ (seit Lucil, rom. „Schurke“, s. zur Bed. Wolfflin ALL. 9, 13f.; earó ist trotz Walde LEW.? 808 damit identisch; davon bürüsws ,copapóc, PdxnAoc, Bdvavcoc* Cl): aus etr. *par-u, vgl. JBar(rjnius, Parronius (Nehring Cl. 17, 124f.). S. d. f. 2. barö, -önis „freigeborener Mann“ (Lex Sal, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bäris, p. 129]

In the wild

bare Cicero, De Inventione 2.33
bari Cicero, De Inventione 1.58
baris Cicero, De Inventione 1.103
Bari Horace, Satyrarum libri 1.5.97
baris Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.7.p4

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. bäris (scan p. 129; entry #371). Root candidates: *bhorno-, *bher-.

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