hibernum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hiːˈber.num/, [hiːˈbɛrnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈber.num/, [iˈbɛrnum]
Etymology 1
Ellipsis of hībernum tempus (“winter-time”).[1] Came to replace hiems (“winter”) in the development from Latin to Romance.
Alternative forms
- hybernum (Medieval Latin)
Noun
hībernum n (genitive hībernī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hībernum | hīberna |
Genitive | hībernī | hībernōrum |
Dative | hībernō | hībernīs |
Accusative | hībernum | hīberna |
Ablative | hībernō | hībernīs |
Vocative | hībernum | hīberna |
Related terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: vierno
- Sicilian: vernu, viernu
- North Italian:
- Old Ligurian: iverno, uverno
- Romansch: /iˈviə̯rn/
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
Reflexes of an assumed variant *hīnbernum:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hībĕrnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 421
- Adams, James Noel. 1976. The text and language of a Vulgar Latin chronicle (Anonymous Valesianus II). London: Institute of Classical Studies. Page 83.
- “invern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading
- hibernum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) in spring, summer, autumn, winter time: verno, aestivo, auctumnali, hiberno tempore
- (ambiguous) winter-quarters, summer-quarters: castra hiberna, aestiva
- (ambiguous) to take the troops to their winter-quarters: milites in hibernis collocare, in hiberna deducere
- (ambiguous) in spring, summer, autumn, winter time: verno, aestivo, auctumnali, hiberno tempore
Adjective
hībernum
- inflection of hībernus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
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