Tiberis

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Latin

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Etymology

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A pre-Roman name, suggested origins include:

More at Tiber.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Tiberis m sg (genitive Tiberis); third declension

  1. The Tiber River, which flows through Rome

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in ), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tiberis
Genitive Tiberis
Dative Tiberī
Accusative Tiberim
Tiberin
Ablative Tiberī
Vocative Tiberis

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Tiber
  • German: Tiber
  • French: Tibre
  • Hungarian: Tevere
  • Italian: Tevere
  • Polish: Tyber
  • Sicilian: Tìviri

References

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  • Tiberis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Tiberis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ The Latin Dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 Years of Scholarship, vol 1 (2009), p.73
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Tiber”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  3. ^ G. Alessio "Problemi storico-linguistici messapici" in Studi Salentini12 1962 p. 304.
  4. ^ TI: Pellegrini, G.B., Toponomastica italiana, Milano, Hoepli, 1990.