barditus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === barītus, barrītus === Etymology === This term is given by Tacitus as what Germanic peoples call their war chants (quem barditum vocant). As such, it may be a Latinization of a Proto-Germanic word, for example, *barjaną (“to beat, strike”). === Noun === bardītus m (genitive bardītūs); fourth declension a war chant used by the early Germanic peoples ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. === References === “barditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “barditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers (Note: Elementary Lewis indicates second declension) “barditus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.