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.
- "δύναται δ’ οὐ σολοικίζειν μόνον καὶ βαρβαρίζειν οὐδὲ ληρεῖν ἢ ἐπιορκεῖν ἢ λοιδορεῖσθαι ἢ διαβάλλειν καὶ ψεύδεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ νύκτωρ τι ἄλλο ὑποτελεῖν, καὶ μάλιστα ἢν πρὸσ οὕτω πολλοὺσ τοὺσ ἔρωτασ μὴ διαρκέσῃσ. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:75)
- νὴ Δί’, οὐ γὰρ ἦν τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἴδιον, ἀλλά ποθεν ἐπεισκωμάσαν αὐτοῖσ ἀπὸ τῆσ πρὸσ Κελτοὺσ ἢ Θρᾷκασ ἢ Σκύθασ ἐπιμιξίασ, σὺ δὲ ‐ ἅπαντα γὰρ οἶσθα τὰ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ‐ ἐξέκλεισασ τοῦτο εὐθὺσ καὶ ἐξεκήρυξασ τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ, καὶ ὁ γέλωσ ἐπὶ τούτῳ, ὅτι βαρβαρίζω καὶ ξενίζω καὶ ὑπερβαίνω τοὺσ ὁρ́ουσ τοὺσ Ἀττικούσ. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 8:2)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ συνεκαθίζετο τὸ δικαστήριον, τότε δὴ κατηγορεῖτο τοῦ Ἰσμηνίου καὶ ὡσ βαρβαρίζοι καὶ ὡσ ξένοσ τῷ Πέρσῃ ἐπ’ οὐδενὶ ἀγαθῷ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ γεγενημένοσ εἰή καὶ ὡσ τῶν παρὰ βασιλέωσ χρημάτων μετειληφὼσ εἰή καὶ ὅτι τῆσ ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι ταραχῆσ πάσησ ἐκεῖνόσ τε καὶ Ἀνδροκλείδασ αἰτιώτατοι εἰε͂ν. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 2 40:3)
- ἀπὸ δὲ τῆσ αὐτῆσ αἰτίασ καὶ τὸ βαρβαρίζειν λέγεται· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 2 54:27)
- ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ καρίζειν καὶ τὸ βαρβαρίζειν μετήνεγκαν εἰσ τὰσ περὶ ἑλληνισμοῦ τέχνασ καὶ τὸ σολοικίζειν, εἴτ’ ἀπὸ Σόλων εἴτ’ ἄλλωσ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ τούτου πεπλασμένου. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 2 54:30)
Derived
- ὑποβαρβαρίζω (to speak a little like a foreigner, speak rather broken)