Hiberia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ibēria

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ (Ibēríā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hiˈbeː.ri.a/, [hɪˈbeːriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈbe.ri.a/, [iˈbɛːriä]

Proper noun

Hibēria f sg (genitive Hibēriae); first declension

1. Iberia (the country of the Hibērēs)
   1. Iberian Peninsula (a peninsula in Southern Europe)
   2. Caucasian Iberia
      1. (Late Latin, fully Rēgnum Hibēriae) Kingdom of Iberia (a former kingdom) (circa 302 BC–AD 580)
      2. (Medieval Latin, generally) Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hibēria
Genitive	Hibēriae
Dative	Hibēriae
Accusative	Hibēriam
Ablative	Hibēriā
Vocative	Hibēria
Locative	Hibēriae

Derived terms

• Hibēriacus
• Hibēria Indiae
• Hibēriēnsis
• Hibērigena

Related terms

• Hibēr
• Hibēricus
• Hibērus (proper noun)

References

• “IBE´RIA”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Hĭbērĭa (Ib-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hiber, Hiberia, hiberis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “745/1”
• Ĭbērĭa (Hib-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “764/1”
• “Hibēria” on page 794/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading

• Paeninsula Hiberica on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Regnum Hiberiae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Georgia on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la