barathrum

bărā̆thrum, i, n., = βάραθρον,

• an abyss, chasm, a deep pit, the Lower World (mostly poet; cf. vorago), Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 12 (570): o barathrum ubi nunc es? ut ego te usurpem lubens (words of one in despair), id. Bacch. 1, 2, 41 (149); Lucr. 3, 966; Cat. 68, 108; 68, 117; 95, 5.—Esp., of the infernal regions: ferri in barathrum, Lucr. 6, 606: imus barathri gurges (Charybdis), Verg. A. 3, 421; 8, 245; Sil. 9, 497: poena barathri, Val. Fl. 2, 86; a pit made by art, a deep dungeon, Vitr. 10, 22, 11.—
• • B Trop.: quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quidquid habes, an numquam utare paratis? thou throwest into the abyss, i.e. squanderest, Hor. S. 2, 3, 166.—
• II Transf.
• • A Jocosely or satirically, a maw (as insatiable), Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 29 (124); Mart. 1, 88, 4.—Hence Hor. calls a greedy man barathrum macelli, an abyss, gulf of the provision market, Ep. 1, 15, 31.—
  • B In mal. part., Mart. 3, 81, 1.

barathrum, ī, n. (βάραθρον), I) der Schlund, Abgrund, die Schlucht, Unterwelt, Plaut., Lucr. u.a. – auch ein künstlicher Schlund, ein tiefes Loch, Vitr. 10, 16 (22), 11. – barathro donare, in einen Abgrund werfen, d.i. verschwenden, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 166. – II) übtr.: A) scherzh. od. sarkast., der Abgrund, a) vom (gleichs. unausfüllbaren, unersättlichen) Magen, der Abgrund, Plaut. Curc. 121. Flach zu Mart. 1, 87, 4: dah. v. einem Unersättlichen, bar. macelli, der Abgrund, Schlund des Speisemarkts, Hor. ep. 1, 15, 31. – B) bar. femineum, v. weibl. Gliede, Mart. 3, 81, 1.

barathrum [βάραθρον] , pit. b Hell. c pit of darkness (fig.), i. e. obscurity or sim.. baratrum, sepulcrum GlC B 39; baratrum, dael Ib. 49; precipitium vaste patens ‥, quod quidem ~um ‥ Malfosse nuncupatur Chr. Battle 5.  b alios ‥ de latebroso leti ~o ‥ reduxit ad superos Aldh. VirgP 26; ‘baratrum’ singulariter tantum effertur; sic autem vocabant gentiles locum apud inferos Bede Orth. 2779; maligni spiritus descenderunt in medium ~i illius ardentis Id. HE V 12; baratrum, vorago profunda, cwicsusl vel hellelic deopnes Ælf. Gl.; 960 inextricabilem horendorum ~orum voraginem incurrat CS 1055 (cf. ib. 935); 969 (13c) baraðri incendiis CS 1234; ne ruat in flammam baratri reus asperiorem R. Cant. Poems 262; imperium celi terre barathrique vorantis Garl. Myst. Eccl. 126.  c qua tenus nullum ‥ latebrosum confractae sinalephae ~um lucem scandentis confundat Aldh. Met. 9 p. 81; in profundum superbiae ~um Id. VirgP 11.

bărăthrum, (13) ī, n. (βάραθρον), gouffre où lʼon précipitait les condamnés à Athènes ; gouffre, abîme [en parl. de la mer] : Virg. En. 3, 421 || les enfers : Pl. Rud. 570 ; Bacch. 149 ; Lucr. 6, 606 || [fig.] barathro donare Hor. S. 2, 3, 166, perdre, jeter à lʼeau ; effunde in barathrum Pl. Curc. 121, verse dans ton gouffre [ventre] ; [en parl. dʼun h. insatiable] barathrum macelli Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 31, abîme du marché [des victuailles].

barathrum , i. n.
深淵 。深坑。地獄。脾。淫婦。— macelli 食不饜者。

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bărăthrum, i, n.: baratro, voragine.

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.