hibernum

Latin

Etymology

From hībernus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hiːˈber.num/, [hiːˈbɛr.nũ]

Noun

hībernum n (genitive hībernī); second declension

1. winter
2. (in plural) winter quarters

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hībernum	hīberna
genitive	hībernī	hībernōrum
dative	hībernō	hībernīs
accusative	hībernum	hīberna
ablative	hībernō	hībernīs
vocative	hībernum	hīberna

Synonyms

• (winter):hiems

Adjective

hībernum

1. nominative neuter singular of hībernus
2. accusative masculine singular of hībernus
3. accusative neuter singular of hībernus
4. vocative neuter singular of hībernus

Related terms

• hībernāculum
• hībernālis
• hībernō
• hībernus

Descendants

• Aromanian: earnã, iarã
• Asturian: iviernu, hibiernu
• Catalan: hivern
• Dalmatian: inviarno
• French: hiver
• Friulian: unviêr
• Galician: inverno
• Italian: inverno
• Norman: hivé
• Occitan: ivèrn

• Old Provençal: ivern
• Portuguese: inverno
• Romanian: iarnă
• Romansch: enviern
• Sardinian: jerru
• Sicilian: nvèrnu, mmernu
• Spanish: invierno
• Venetian: inverno
• Walloon: ivier

References

• “hibernum” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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