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

Adjective

hībernus (feminine hīberna, neuter hībernum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. wintry
  2. of or pertaining to winter
  3. (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

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
  • 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
  1. ^ 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