Iuverna

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ivverna, Iuuerna, Ivberna, Ivberna

Etymology

Variant of the name Hī̆bernia, Īvernia, Iverna (Greek Ἰ̄έρνη (Īérnē), Ἰ̄ουερνία (Īouernía)) etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i̯uːˈu̯er.na/, [i̯uːˈu̯ɛrnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /juˈver.na/, [juˈvɛrnä]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.uːˈu̯er.na/, [iuːˈu̯ɛrnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.uˈver.na/, [iuˈvɛrnä]
• In Juvenal, "lītora Iuuer" scans as long-short-short-long-long, which requires a pronunciation starting with Ĭūver- or Jūver-.

Proper noun

Iūverna f sg (genitive Iūvernae); first declension

1. (historical, rare) Synonym of Hibernia: Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)
   • c. 45 CE, Pomponius Mela, De Chorographia 3.53.1:

     Super Britanniam Iuverna est paene par spatio

   • Juvenal, Saturae 2.160:

     litora Iuvernae promovimus et modo captas

   • Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Flavi Vopisci Syracusii Tacitus 16.5.1:

     litora Iuvernam insulam proconsulem mittat

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iūverna
Genitive	Iūvernae
Dative	Iūvernae
Accusative	Iūvernam
Ablative	Iūvernā
Vocative	Iūverna