Latin

Adjective

bardus m ‎(feminine barda, neuter bardum, comparative bardior); first/second declension

1. (rare) stupid, oafish, dull of apprehension

Usage notes

• Neither the superlative (*bardissimus) nor the adverbial (*bardē) is attested in Classical or Late sources.

Declension

First/second declension.

References

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “bardus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 69

• bardus 1. bardus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “1 bardus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 208/2.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *bardos ‎(“bard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- ‎(“to approve, praise”), whence cārus.

Noun

bardus m ‎(genitive bardī); second declension

1. a bard (a poet and singer among the Gauls)

Declension

Second declension.

Descendants

• ?Esperanto: bardo
• Finnish: bardi
• French: barde
• ?German: Barde
• Hungarian: bárd
• ?Italian: bardo
• Portuguese: bardo
• ?Russian: ба́рд ‎(bárd)
• Spanish: bardo

References

• bardus ††2. bardus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bardus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• BARDUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “2 bardus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 208/2.