Hibernia

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Hibernia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἰέρνη (Iérnē), Ἰουερνία (Iouernía), Ἱβερνία (Hibernía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪə/, /hɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪə/

Proper noun

Hibernia

1. (poetic) The island of Ireland.

Derived terms

• Hibernian

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Ivernia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰ̄έρνη (Īérnē), Ἰ̄ουερνία (Īouernía), Ἱ̄βερνία (Hībernía), from Primitive Irish [script needed] (*īweriū) (whence Irish Éire), from Proto-Celtic *Φīweryū, from Proto-Indo-European *piHweryon-, likely related to Proto-Indo-European *piHwer- (“fat”), from *peyH- (“fat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hiˈber.ni.a/, [hɪˈbɛrniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈber.ni.a/, [iˈbɛrniä]

Proper noun

Hibernia f sg (genitive Hiberniae); first declension

1. (historical geography) Ireland

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hibernia
Genitive	Hiberniae
Dative	Hiberniae
Accusative	Hiberniam
Ablative	Hiberniā
Vocative	Hibernia

References

• “Hibernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hibernia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Hibernia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Hibernia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly