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‖ barathrum|ˈbærəθrəm|
[L., a. Gr. βάραθρον.]
A pit, gulf. Hence: a. A deep pit at Athens, into which criminals condemned to death were thrown. b. (earlier in Eng.) The abyss, hell. c. An insatiable extortioner or glutton (so in It.).
a.1849Grote Greece ii. xxxix. V. 69 Aristeides himself is reported to have said, ‘If the Athenians were wise, they would cast both of us into the barathrum.’ 1874Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece viii. 251 Had the body been..cast into the barathrum.
b.1520Treat. Galaunt in Furnivall Ballads I. 449 Trysed to baratrum, tossed in fere. 1607Dekker Knts. Conjur. 19 He flung away in a furie, and leapt into Barathrum.
c.1609Man in Moone (1849) 27 A bottomlesse Barathrum, a mercilesse mony-monger. 1633Massinger New Way iii. ii, You barathrum of the shambles! |