hibernus

Latin

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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		hībernō		hībernīs
Accusative	hībernum	hībernam	hībernum		hībernōs	hībernās	hīberna
Ablative	hībernō	hībernā	hībernō		hībernīs
Vocative	hīberne	hīberna	hībernum		hībernī	hībernae	hīberna

Synonyms

• (wintry): hībernālis, hiemālis

Derived terms

• hībernāculum
• hībernālis
• hībernō
• hībernum

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^[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