LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

barbara1

barbara f (genitive barbarae)
Classical[ˈbar.ba.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈbar.ba.ra]

Meaning

  1. femininea wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or immodest woman

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebarbarabarbarae
genitivebarbaraebarbarārum
dativebarbaraebarbarīs
accusativebarbarambarbarās
ablativebarbarābarbarīs
vocativebarbarabarbarae

barbăra, ae, v. barbarus, II. B.
I. fin.

Origins

From barbarus: as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for fēmina barbara (the formation is novel to Latin; the Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros) is an adjective of two endings, whose masculine and feminine forms are isomorphic); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

noun · femininefirst declension
barbara2
barbara f (genitive barbarae)
Classical[ˈbar.ba.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈbar.ba.ra]

Meaning

  1. femininea kind of plaster

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebarbarabarbarae
genitivebarbaraebarbarārum
dativebarbaraebarbarīs
accusativebarbarambarbarās
ablativebarbarābarbarīs
vocativebarbarabarbarae

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαρβάρα (barbára).

proper noun · femininefirst declension
Barbara3
Barbara f sg (genitive Barbarae)
Classical[ˈbar.ba.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈbar.ba.ra]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinfemininesingularthe name of one of the more abominable prisons of the Grand Châtelet of Paris

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeBarbara—
genitiveBarbarae—
dativeBarbarae—
accusativeBarbaram—
ablativeBarbarā—
vocativeBarbara—

Origins

Probably a substantivisation, used as a proper noun, of the feminine forms of barbarus (“wild”, “savage”, “cruel”, “barbarous”), in elliptical use for Prensiō Barbara (“the Cruel Prison”). Compare barbara (“a wild, savage, cruel, or barbarous woman”).

Quick answers

What does barbara mean in Latin?
barbara, a noun, means “a wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or immodest woman”.
What is the genitive of barbara?
The genitive singular is barbarae. barbara is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce barbara?
In classical Latin, [ˈbar.ba.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbar.ba.ra].