noun · masculinefourth declension
bardītus
bardītus m (genitive bardītūs)
Meaning
- a war chant used by the early Germanic peoples
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bardītus | bardītūs |
| genitive | bardītūs | bardītuum barītuum |
| dative | bardītuī barītuī | bardītibus barītibus |
| accusative | bardītum barītum | bardītūs |
| ablative | bardītū barītū | bardītibus barītibus |
| vocative | bardītus | bardītūs |
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
bardītus or barītus (barr-) ī, m
the warsong of the Germans, Ta.
Origins
This term is given by Tacitus as what Germanic peoples call their war chants (quem barditum vocant). As such, it may be a Latinization of a Proto-Germanic word, for example, *barjaną (“to beat, strike”).