βαρβᾰρ-ίζω, behave
or speak like a barbarian,
Hdt.2.57, Philostr. VA1.21, 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.SE165b21, cf. Plb.39.1.7, Str.14.2.28, Luc.Rh.Pr.17, 23, etc.; distd. from σολοικίζω, 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,
X.HG5.2.35, Max.Tyr.4.2.