βαρβᾰρ-ίζω,
A. behaveorspeak like a barbarian,
Hdt. 2.57 , Philostr. VA 1.21 , Arr. An. 7.6.5 ;speak broken Greek, speak gibberish,
Pl. Tht. 175d codd. (sed leg.βατταρίζων) ; βαρβαριζόντων ἑτεροφώνων
Phld. Po. 994.6
;violate the laws of speech, commit barbarisms,
τῇ λέξει β.
Arist. SE 165b21
, cf. Plb. 39.1.7 , Str. 14.2.28 , Luc. Rh.Pr. 17 , 23 , etc.; distd. fromσολοικίζω,
Phld. Rh. 1.154
S.
2. trans.,'murder', mangle,
τὴν Ῥωμαίων φωνήν
Luc. Merc.Cond. 24
.
II. side with the barbarians,i.e.the Persians,