LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculine

barbitos

barbitos m
Classical[ˈbar.bɪ.tɔs]Ecclesiastical[ˈbar.bi.tos]

Meaning

  1. masculinea lyre or lute (stringed musical instrument)
    23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horatius, Carmina 1.32.4

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebarbitos—
genitivebarbitī—
dativebarbitō—
accusativebarbiton—
ablativebarbitō—
vocativebarbite—

barbĭtŏs, m. (f. in the spurious epistle of Sappho, Ov. H. 15, 8;
I. v. infra; found only in nom., acc., and voc.; plur. barbita, n., Aus. Ep. 44). = βάρβιτον (-ος), a lyre, a lute (not before the Aug. per.): age, dic Latinum, Barbite, carmen, Hor. C. 1, 32, 4; 1, 1, 34; 3, 26, 4; Claud. Praef. ap. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 10; Aus. Epigr. 44.—
II. Meton., the song played upon the lute: non facit ad lacrimas barbitos ulla meas, Ov. H. 15. 8 (a spurious poem).

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos, “many-stringed musical instrument”).

Quick answers

What does barbitos mean in Latin?
barbitos, a noun, means “a lyre or lute (stringed musical instrument)”.
How do you pronounce barbitos?
In classical Latin, [ˈbar.bɪ.tɔs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbar.bi.tos].