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- Ancient Greek · derived fromβάραθρον
- Latin · derived frombarathrum
- English todaybarathrum
From Latin barathrum, from Ancient Greek βάραθρον (bárathron).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
barathrum
Today it means: A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown. Full definition →
Latin barathrum ← Ancient Greek βάραθρον