Thybris

Latin

Etymology

After Ancient Greek Θύβρις (Thúbris)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.bris/, [ˈt̪ʰʏbrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.bris/, [ˈt̪iːbris]

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.

	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.