hibernum

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Ellipsis of hībernum tempus (winter-time).[1] Came to replace hiems (winter) in the development from Latin to Romance.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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hībernum n (genitive hībernī); second declension

  1. winter
    Synonym: hiems
  2. (in the plural) winter quarters
Declension
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hībernum hīberna
Genitive hībernī hībernōrum
Dative hībernō hībernīs
Accusative hībernum hīberna
Ablative hībernō hībernīs
Vocative hībernum hīberna
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Descendants
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Reflexes of an assumed variant *hīnbernum:

References

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  1. ^ Adams, James Noel. 1976. The text and language of a Vulgar Latin chronicle (Anonymous Valesianus II). London: Institute of Classical Studies. Page 83.
  2. ^ “invern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

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  • hibernum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) in spring, summer, autumn, winter time: verno, aestivo, auctumnali, hiberno tempore
    • (ambiguous) winter-quarters, summer-quarters: castra hiberna, aestiva
    • (ambiguous) to take the troops to their winter-quarters: milites in hibernis collocare, in hiberna deducere

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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hībernum

  1. inflection of hībernus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular