English → Latin
“barbarian” in Latin
barbarusforeign, strange; savage, hostile; barbaric, barbarous, uncivilizedrudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rudeinhūmānusinhuman; savage, barbarous; uncivil, unmannerly, churlish, discourteoussaevusfurious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savagecrūdēlisunfeeling, rude; ruthless, cruel, merciless
The English word barbarian itself goes back to Latin barbarus, through barbarinus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
barbarian
barbarus (foreign, with the accessory notion of the want of civilization): rudis, hebes et impolitns; humanitatis expers.
Cruel, immanis ac barbarus: like a barbarian, barbare; inhumane; saeve; crudeliter: to speak like a barbarian, barbare loqui: the speech of a barbarian, sermo horridulus atque incomtus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for barbarian?
- The usual Latin words for “barbarian” are barbarus, rudis, inhūmānus; also saevus, crūdēlis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.