Thybris

Latin

Etymology

After Ancient Greek Θύβρις (Thúbris)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Thybris m sg (genitive Thybridis); third declension

  1. (poetic) Synonym of Tiberis (the Tiber)
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 3.500:
      Sī quandō Thybrim vīcīnaque Thybridis arva / intrârō (...)
      If I ever shall enter the Tiber and the fields bordering on the Tiber (...).
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.571–2:
      Nunc adit Hesperiōs, Rhēnum Rhodanumque Padumque / tēque, futūre parēns, Thybri, potentis aquae.
      And now she reaches the Hesperian [streams], the Rhine, the Rhone, and the Po, and thee, o Tiber, destined to be the parent of a mighty stream.

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Thybris
Genitive Thybridis
Dative Thybridī
Accusative Thybrim
Thybrin
Ablative Thybride
Vocative Thybri

References

  • Thybris in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • Thybris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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