barbărĭcus, a, um, adj., = βαρβαρικός [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, Plaut. 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.