Hibernia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Hibernia, which see.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hibernia
- (poetic) Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe).
- Synonym: Erin
- A female personification of Ireland.
- Synonym: Erin
Derived terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Earlier Īvernia, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰ̄έρνη (Īérnē), Ἰ̄ουερνία (Īouernía), Ἱ̄βερνία (Hībernía), borrowed from Primitive Irish *Īweriū and its genitive *Īweriyonah (whence probably Irish Éire), from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū.
Initial H due to the influence of hībernus (“wintry”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hiːˈber.ni.a/, [hiːˈbɛrniä] or IPA(key): /hiˈber.ni.a/, [hɪˈbɛrniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈber.ni.a/, [iˈbɛrniä]
Proper noun
[edit]Hī̆bernia f sg (genitive Hī̆berniae); first declension
- (historical) Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Hī̆bernia |
Genitive | Hī̆berniae |
Dative | Hī̆berniae |
Accusative | Hī̆berniam |
Ablative | Hī̆berniā |
Vocative | Hī̆bernia |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Hibernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hibernia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Hibernia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Hibernia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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- en:Ireland
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- la:Ireland
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