Hiberia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ (Ibērĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hibēria f sg (genitive Hibēriae); first declension

  1. Iberia (the country of the Hibērēs):
    1. Iberia, Iberian Peninsula (a peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees)
    2. Caucasian Iberia:
      1. (Late Latin) Kingdom of Iberia (a geographic region and former kingdom in modern Georgia, circa 302 BC–AD 580; in full, Rēgnum Hibēriae)
      2. (Medieval Latin, generally) Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Hibēria
genitive Hibēriae
dative Hibēriae
accusative Hibēriam
ablative Hibēriā
vocative Hibēria
locative Hibēriae

Derived terms

  • Hibēriacus
  • Hibēria Indiae
  • Hibēriēnsis
  • Hibērigena

References

  • IBE´RIA”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Hĭbērĭa (Ib-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hiber, Hiberia, hiberis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:745/1
  • Ĭbērĭa (Hib-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:764/1
  • Hibēria” on page 794/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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