hyperboreus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρειος (huperbóreios).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hy.perˈbo.re.us/, [hʏpɛrˈbɔreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.perˈbo.re.us/, [iperˈbɔːreus]
Adjective
[edit]hyperboreus (feminine hyperborea, neuter hyperboreum); first/second-declension adjective
- hyperborean
- Synonym: hyperboreanus
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hyperboreus | hyperborea | hyperboreum | hyperboreī | hyperboreae | hyperborea | |
| genitive | hyperboreī | hyperboreae | hyperboreī | hyperboreōrum | hyperboreārum | hyperboreōrum | |
| dative | hyperboreō | hyperboreae | hyperboreō | hyperboreīs | |||
| accusative | hyperboreum | hyperboream | hyperboreum | hyperboreōs | hyperboreās | hyperborea | |
| ablative | hyperboreō | hyperboreā | hyperboreō | hyperboreīs | |||
| vocative | hyperboree | hyperborea | hyperboreum | hyperboreī | hyperboreae | hyperborea | |
Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: hiperbori
- French: hyperborée
References
[edit]- “hyperboreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hyperboreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.