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

  1. 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.

Translations


Latin

Alternative forms

  • Ti. (praenominal abbreviation)

Etymology

From Tiberis (Tiber river), as the adjective tiberius

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tiˈbe.ri.us/, [tɪˈbɛ.ri.ʊs]

Proper noun

Tiberius m (genitive Tiberiī or Tiberī); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen.
  2. 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

Descendants

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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