Tibur

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Italic *teiba, or borrowed from Sabine tēba (“hill”). Or could be related to Tiberis and the praenomen Tiberius. In Roman lore, the city was said to have been named for Tīburtus, son of the city's founder Catillus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.bur/, [ˈt̪iːbʊr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.bur/, [ˈt̪iːbur]

Proper noun

Tībur n sg (genitive Tīburis); third declension

1. A town in Latium, seated on the Anio; modern Tivoli.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tībur
Genitive	Tīburis
Dative	Tīburī
Accusative	Tībur
Ablative	Tībure
Vocative	Tībur
Locative	Tīburī Tībure

Derived terms

• Tīburtīnus

References

• “Tibur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Tibur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tibur”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Chase, George Davis (1897). "The Origin of Roman Praenomina". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. VIII.