barathrum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

barathrum ī, n

, βάραθρον, an abyss, chasm, gulf, pit: inmane, V.: imus barathri gurges, V.: barathro donare alqd, i. e. throw away, H.—Of a greedy man: barathrum macelli, an abyss of the butcher's stall, H.

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