hibernus

Latin

Etymology

For Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-m-r-ino-, from *ǵʰey-. Equivalent to hiems (“winter, cold, frost”) +‎ -rnus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hiːˈber.nus/, [hiːˈbɛr.nʊs]

Adjective

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

  1. wintry
  2. of or pertaining to winter
  3. (of places, esp. military camps) suitable for getting through the winter

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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 hībernīs hībernīs
Accusative hībernum hībernam hībernum hībernōs hībernās hīberna
Ablative hībernō hībernā hībernō hībernīs hībernīs hībernīs
Vocative hīberne hīberna hībernum hībernī hībernae hīberna

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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, 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, page 1620
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