Meaning of barba | Babel Free

Definitions

1. beard (facial hair)
   declension-1, feminine
2. a Roman cognomen — famously held by
   declension-1, masculine, singular
3. wool, down on a plant
   declension-1, feminine, figuratively
4. a Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   declension-1, masculine, singular
5. Cassius Barba (a friend of Caesar, who gave Cicero guards for his villa, when Caesar paid him a visit in 44 BC)
   declension-1, masculine, singular

Equivalents

Examples

“Barba nōn facit philosophum.”

A beard does not make a philosopher.

“Videō barbam et pallium; philosophum nōndum videō.”

I see a beard and cloak; a philosopher I don’t yet see.

“[…] Stiriaque impexis induruit horrida barbis,”

[…] hoarfrost clings to their uncombed, shaggy beards while the whole sky keeps on sheding snow.

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