hibernus

Latin

Etymology

For Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-m-r-ino-, from *ǵʰey-. Equivalent to .

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hiːˈber.nus/, [hiːˈbɛrnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈber.nus/, [iˈbɛrnus]

Adjective

1. wintry
2. of or pertaining to winter
3. (of places, esp. military camps) suitable for getting through the winter

Synonyms

• (wintry): hībernālis, hiemālis

Derived terms

Derived terms

• hībernāculum
• hībernālis

• hībernō
• hībernum

Descendants

• English: hibernal (through "hibernalis")
• Italian: inverno
• Portuguese: inverno
• Spanish: invierno

References

• “hibernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hibernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hibernus 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) to take the troops to their winter-quarters: milites in hibernis collocare, in hiberna deducere
    
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1620