Hiberia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ (Ibēríā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hiˈbeː.ri.a/, [hɪˈbeːriä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈbe.ri.a/, [iˈbɛːriä]
Proper noun
Hibēria f sg (genitive Hibēriae); first declension
- Iberia (the country of the Hibērēs)
- Iberian Peninsula (a peninsula in Southern Europe)
- Caucasian Iberia
- (Late Latin, fully Rēgnum Hibēriae) Kingdom of Iberia (a former kingdom) (circa 302 BC–AD 580)
- (Medieval Latin, generally) Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Hibēria |
Genitive | Hibēriae |
Dative | Hibēriae |
Accusative | Hibēriam |
Ablative | Hibēriā |
Vocative | Hibēria |
Locative | Hibēriae |
Derived terms
- Hibēriacus
- Hibēria Indiae
- Hibēriēnsis
- Hibērigena
References
- “IBE´RIA”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “Hĭbērĭa (Ib-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hiber, Hiberia, hiberis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “745/1”
- Ĭbērĭa (Hib-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “764/1”
- “Hibēria” on page 794/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
- Paeninsula Hiberica on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Regnum Hiberiae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Georgia on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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