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Barcas ancestor of a distinguished family in Carthage to which Hamilcar and Hannibal b… Barcē A town in the Libyan province Pentapolis; afterwards called Ptolemais; Tolometa… Barcĭno the present city Barcelona; in Spain; of Barcelona Barcīnus Bardaei an Illyrian people; Bardœan; a kind of soldier; the soldiers themselves; a sold… bardītus the war-song of the Germans bardŏcŭcullus a Gallic overcoat; cloak; with a hood; cowl; made of woollen stuff Bardūlis a king of Illyria; who waged war against Philip of Macedon bardus adv. stupid; dull of apprehension bardus Barēa a town in Barĕa a Roman cognomen Bargullum a town of Epirus Bargus a river of Thrace; tributary to the Ebrus Bargūsĭi a people in; near the Pyrenees Bargўlĭae a town in Caria; of Bargyliœ; the inhabitants of Bargylice Bargylus a mountain of Phœnicia Barīnē name of a freedwoman barīnulae barippē bāris a small Egyptian row-boat barītus the war-cry of the Germans;; battle-cry Barĭum a town in Apulia; on the Adriatic Sea; Bari Barnosthĕnes a mountain in Laconia; east of Sparta bāro a simpleton; blockhead; dunce baroptĕnus an unknown precious stone of a black color; with white and red spots bārōsus Barpāna an island east of Corsica barrīnus belonging to an elephant; elephantine barrĭo v. n; to cry; barrītus the cry of the elephant barrītus barrus Barrus a cognomen of bărўcĕphălus top-heavy; with low walls and broad roofs bărўpī^cron a Greek epithet of wormwood bărўthon a plant; also called bărўtŏnŏs adj. not accented on the last syllable Basaboiātes a people of basaltes a dark and very hard species of marble in Ethiopia băsănītes lăpis a touchstone; test-stone; a very hard stone; used as a test for the precious me… bascauda an article of table furniture; a delicately woven mat; dish-holder of basket-wo… băsella f dim; a small base bāsĭātĭo a kissing;; a kiss bāsĭātor a kisser; one who kisses Băsĭlēa the town Basel; in Switzerland Băsĭlīa the name of the books of Kings in the Bible Băsĭlīa another name for the island Balcia Băsĭlĭădae a people of Sarmatia băsĭlĭca băsĭlĭcē adv. băsĭlĭcĭārĭus băsĭlĭcŏla a small church; a little chapel băsĭlĭcon băsĭlĭcus adj. kingly; royal; princely; splendid; magnificent Băsĭlis a Greek geographer băsĭlisca a plant; an antidote for the bite of the basilisk; also called băsĭliscus A kind of lizard; a basilisk; A surname of băsĭlīum a royal; princely ornament bāsĭo v. a. to kiss; to give a kiss bāsĭŏlum a little kiss băsis a pedestal; foot; base; to measure a pillar together with its pedestal; to give… bāsĭum a kiss; a kissing of the hand Bassānĭa a town in Illyria; Elbassan; the inhabitants of Bassania Bassăreus a title of Bacchus; of Bacchus; a Bacchante Bassus a family cognomen;; A poet; a friend of Martial bastăga a carriage of baggage; a carrying of freight upon wagons bastăgārĭus a baggage-master Bastarnae a German tribe which became known to the Romans very early; in the war with Pyr… basterna a sedan chair; litter; enclosed on all sides; and carried by mules basternārĭus a bearer of a sedan Bastertīni a people of Lower Italy Bastētānĭa a district in Spain Bastĭtāni the inhabitants of Basti in Spain Bastŭli a people of; near the Strait of Gibraltar băt Ps; Cali băt bătălārĭa a kind of war-ship Bătāvĭa the peninsula Batavia; Holland Bătāvŏdūrum a town in Holland; Wyk by Duurstede Bătāvus adj. pertaining to Batavia; Batavian; of Holland; Dutch; the Batavians Bateni a people of Asia; on the Oxus bătĕnim Batha a town in Ethiopia Băthyllus A Samian boy; beloved by Anacreon; A celebrated pantomime of Alexandria; a favo… Bathymi a people of Arabia Bathynias a small river of Thrace; near Byzantium bătĭa an unknown kind of fish bătĭăca a kind of drinking-cup bătillum A shovel; a fire-shovel; coal-shovel; dirt; dungshovel bătĭŏla a small drinking-cup; a goblet bătis a plant; seafennel; samphire Bato a leader of insurrection in Dalmatia bătrăchĭon a medicinal plant; also called bătrăchītes a precious stone of a frog-green color Bătrăchŏmўŏmăchĭa The Battle of the Frogs and Mice; lemm bătrăchus a fish; the sea-frog Bătrăchus a Greek architect at Rome in the time of Pompey the Great battalia Battara a Roman whose death is mentioned by Cicero