hibernus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *heimrinos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-m-r-ino-s, from *ǵʰey-.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek χειμερινός (kheimerinós) and related to Latin hiems.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hiːˈbɛr.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈbɛr.nus]
Adjective
hībernus (feminine hīberna, neuter hībernum); first/second-declension adjective
- wintry
- of or pertaining to winter
- (of places, esp. military camps) suitable for getting through the winter
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hībernus | hīberna | hībernum | hībernī | hībernae | hīberna | |
| genitive | hībernī | hībernae | hībernī | hībernōrum | hībernārum | hībernōrum | |
| dative | hībernō | hībernae | hībernō | hībernīs | |||
| accusative | hībernum | hībernam | hībernum | hībernōs | hībernās | hīberna | |
| ablative | hībernō | hībernā | hībernō | hībernīs | |||
| vocative | hīberne | hīberna | hībernum | hībernī | hībernae | hīberna | |
Synonyms
- (wintry): hībernālis, hiemālis
Derived terms
References
- “hibernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hibernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hibernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) in spring, summer, autumn, winter time: verno, aestivo, auctumnali, hiberno tempore
- (ambiguous) to take the troops to their winter-quarters: milites in hibernis collocare, in hiberna deducere
- (ambiguous) in spring, summer, autumn, winter time: verno, aestivo, auctumnali, hiberno tempore
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1620
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284