βαρβαρίζω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
βαρβαρίζω
Structure:
βαρβαρίζ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to behave like a barbarian, speak like one, to speak broken Greek, speak gibberish
- to hold with the barbarians, the Persians
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- τὸ αὐτὸ δὴ καὶ σὺ πάσχων οὐχ ὁρᾷσ, ὁπόταν τὸ μὲν βιβλίον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ ἔχῃσ πάγκαλον, πορφυρᾶν μὲν ἔχον τὴν διφθέραν, χρυσοῦν δὲ τὸν ὀμφαλόν, ἀναγιγνώσκῃσ δὲ αὐτὸ βαρβαρίζων καὶ καταισχύνων καὶ διαστρέφων, ὑπὸ μὲν τῶν πεπαιδευμένων καταγελώμενοσ, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν συνόντων σοι κολάκων ἐπαινούμενοσ, οἳ καὶ αὐτοὶ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ ἐπιστρεφόμενοι γελῶσι τὰ πολλά; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 7:6)
- καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνῃ κόλαξιν ἀνθρώποισ καὶ ἀγοραίοισ καὶ βωμολόχοισ ἀντεξεταζόμενοσ καὶ ἐν τοσούτῳ πλήθει Ῥωμαϊκῷ μόνοσ ξενίζων τῷ τρίβωνι καὶ πονηρῶσ τὴν Ῥωμαίων φωνὴν βαρβαρίζων, εἶτα δειπνῶν δεῖπνα θορυβώδη καὶ πολυάνθρωπα συγκλύδων τινῶν καὶ τῶν πλείστων μοχθηρῶν; (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 24:3)
- ἐπειδὰν γὰρ ἐπιστὰσ κειμένοισ ἔρηται ὅθεν εἰσεληλύθασιν εἰσ τὸ σῶμα, ὁ μὲν νοσῶν αὐτὸσ σιωπᾷ, ὁ δαίμων δὲ ἀποκρίνεται, ἑλληνίζων ἢ βαρβαρίζων ὁπόθεν ἂν αὐτὸσ ᾖ, ὅπωσ τε καὶ ὅθεν εἰσῆλθεν εἰσ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὁ δὲ ὁρ́κουσ ἐπάγων, εἰ δὲ μὴ πεισθείη, καὶ ἀπειλῶν ἐξελαύνει τὸν δαίμονα. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 13:8)
- ἐκεῖνοσ τοίνυν ἐκληρονόμησέ μου καὶ νῦν ἐν τοῖσ εὐπατρίδαισ ἀριθμεῖται ὑπεξυρημένοσ μὲν τὸ γένειον καὶ βαρβαρίζων, Κόδρου δὲ εὐγενέστεροσ καὶ Νιρέωσ καλλίων καὶ Ὀδυσσέωσ συνετώτεροσ λεγόμενοσ εἶναι. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 7:8)
Derived
- ὑποβαρβαρίζω (to speak a little like a foreigner, speak rather broken)
