Hibernia

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Hibernia, which see.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /haɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪə/, /hɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪə/

Proper noun

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Hibernia

  1. (poetic) Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe).
    Synonym: Erin
  2. A female personification of Ireland.
    Synonym: Erin

Derived terms

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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Hī̆bernia f sg (genitive Hī̆berniae); first declension

  1. (historical) Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hī̆bernia
Genitive Hī̆berniae
Dative Hī̆berniae
Accusative Hī̆berniam
Ablative Hī̆berniā
Vocative Hī̆bernia
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References

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  • 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