hyperboreus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρειος (huperbóreios).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hy.perˈbo.re.us/, [hʏpɛrˈbɔreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.perˈbo.re.us/, [iperˈbɔːreus]
Adjective[edit]
hyperboreus (feminine hyperborea, neuter hyperboreum); first/second-declension adjective
- hyperborean
- Synonym: hyperboreanus
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | hyperboreus | hyperborea | hyperboreum | hyperboreī | hyperboreae | hyperborea | |
| Genitive | hyperboreī | hyperboreae | hyperboreī | hyperboreōrum | hyperboreārum | hyperboreōrum | |
| Dative | hyperboreō | hyperboreō | hyperboreīs | ||||
| Accusative | hyperboreum | hyperboream | hyperboreum | hyperboreōs | hyperboreās | hyperborea | |
| Ablative | hyperboreō | hyperboreā | hyperboreō | hyperboreīs | |||
| Vocative | hyperboree | hyperborea | hyperboreum | hyperboreī | hyperboreae | hyperborea | |
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: hiperbori
- French: hyperborée
References[edit]
- “hyperboreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hyperboreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.