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, Gregorius Magnus, 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