Hiberia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ (Ibērĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɪˈbeː.ri.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈbɛː.ri.a]
Proper noun
Hibēria f sg (genitive Hibēriae); first declension
- Iberia (the country of the Hibērēs):
- Iberia, Iberian Peninsula (a peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees)
- Caucasian Iberia:
- (Late Latin) Kingdom of Iberia (a geographic region and former kingdom in modern Georgia, circa 302 BC–AD 580; in full, Rēgnum Hibēriae)
- (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
Related terms
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)
Further reading
- Paeninsula Hiberica on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Regnum Hiberiae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Georgia on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la