Tiberius
English
Etymology
Latin Tiberius, literally 'Of the Tiber', from Tiberis, the river Tiber. Also note Faliscan equivalent *Tiferios. The name is mistaken by some to be of Etruscan origin but note the borrowed variants, Thefarie (from Faliscan) and Teperi (from Latin).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪˈbɛɹiʊs/, /taɪˈbɪəɹi.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɪəriəs
Proper noun
Tiberius
- A male given name of mostly historical use, in particular, the praenomen of the second Roman emperor Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, reigning 14-37 CE.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 3:1:
- Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,
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Related terms
Latin
Alternative forms
- Ti. (praenominal abbreviation)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tiˈbe.ri.us/, [tɪˈbɛ.ri.ʊs]
Proper noun
Tiberius m (genitive Tiberiī or Tiberī); second declension
- A masculine praenomen.
- Emperor Tiberius Claudius
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Tiberius |
Genitive | Tiberiī Tiberī1 |
Dative | Tiberiō |
Accusative | Tiberium |
Ablative | Tiberiō |
Vocative | Tiberī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Tiberiānus
- Tiberēius
- Tibereus
References
- Tĭbĕrĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Tiberius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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