hibernus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *heimrinos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-m-r-ino-s, from *ǵʰey-. Cognate with Ancient Greek χειμερινός (kheimerinós) and related to Latin hiems.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hiːˈbɛr.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈbɛr.nus]

Adjective

hībernus (feminine hīberna, neuter hībernum); first/second-declension adjective

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hībernus	hīberna	hībernum		hībernī	hībernae	hīberna
genitive	hībernī	hībernae	hībernī		hībernōrum	hībernārum	hībernōrum
dative	hībernō	hībernae	hībernō		hībernīs
accusative	hībernum	hībernam	hībernum		hībernōs	hībernās	hīberna
ablative	hībernō	hībernā	hībernō		hībernīs
vocative	hīberne	hīberna	hībernum		hībernī	hībernae	hīberna

Synonyms

• (wintry): hībernālis, hiemālis

Derived terms

• hīberna
• hībernāculum
• hībernālis
• hībernō
• hībernum

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