hyperboreus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρειος (huperbóreios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hy.perˈbo.re.us/, [hʏpɛrˈbɔreʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.perˈbo.re.us/, [iperˈbɔːreus]

Adjective

hyperboreus (feminine hyperborea, neuter hyperboreum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hyperborean

   Synonym: hyperboreanus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hyperboreus	hyperborea	hyperboreum		hyperboreī	hyperboreae	hyperborea
Genitive	hyperboreī	hyperboreae	hyperboreī		hyperboreōrum	hyperboreārum	hyperboreōrum
Dative	hyperboreō		hyperboreō		hyperboreīs
Accusative	hyperboreum	hyperboream	hyperboreum		hyperboreōs	hyperboreās	hyperborea
Ablative	hyperboreō	hyperboreā	hyperboreō		hyperboreīs
Vocative	hyperboree	hyperborea	hyperboreum		hyperboreī	hyperboreae	hyperborea

Descendants

• Catalan: hiperbori
• French: hyperborée

References

• “hyperboreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hyperboreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.