hibernus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *heimrinos, from earlier *xeimrinos (to differentiate it from a later form *heimrinos if the shift */x/ > */h/ in the Italic languages already happened during late Proto-Italic), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-m-r-ino-s, from *ǵʰey-.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /hiːˈber.nus/, [hiːˈbɛrnʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈber.nus/, [iˈbɛrnus]

Adjective edit

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

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

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
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 edit

(wintry): hībernālis, hiemālis

Derived terms edit

References edit

“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