berbex

Latin

Noun

berbēx m (genitive berbicis); third declension (Vulgar Latin, Late Latin)

  1. alternative form of vervēx
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 57, (reading from the late codex Traguriensis (Parisinus 7989, 15th c.)):
      Quid rides, inquit, berbex? An tibi non placent lautitiae domini mei?
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    • c. 500 CE, Lex Salica 4.2:
      Si quis anniculum vel bimum berbicem furaverit, excepto capitale et dilatura, CXX din. qui faciunt sol. III culpabilis iudicetur.
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    • c. 540 CE – 604 CE, Gregory I, Epistolae 1.56:
      propterea volumus ut ad celebrandam dedicationem dare debeas ad erogandum pauperibus, in auro solidos decem, [] berbices duodecim, []
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Declension

Third-declension noun (two different stems).

singular plural
nominative berbēx berbēcēs
berbicēs
genitive berbēcis
berbicis
berbēcum
berbicum
dative berbēcī
berbicī
berbēcibus
berbicibus
accusative berbēcem
berbicem
berbēcēs
berbicēs
ablative berbēce
berbice
berbēcibus
berbicibus
vocative berbēx berbēcēs
berbicēs

Derived terms

  • berbēcīnus
  • berbēculus

References

  • berbex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • berbex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maltese

Root
b-r-b-x
1 term

Etymology

Likely an extension of barax as it also means “to steal, to pilfer”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛr.bɛʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrbɛʃ

Verb

berbex (imperfect jberbex, past participle mberbex)

  1. to pilfer
  2. to cheat

Conjugation

Conjugation of berbex (Form Iq)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m berbixt berbixt berbex berbixna berbixtu berbxu
f berbxet
imperfect m nberbex tberbex jberbex nberbxu tberbxu jberbxu
f tberbex
imperative berbex berbxu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m berbixtx berbixtx berbexx berbixniex berbixtux berbxux
f berbxitx
imperfect m nberbexx tberbexx jberbexx nberbxux tberbxux jberbxux
f tberbexx
imperative tberbexx tberbxux