Hiberia

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the Ancient Greek Ἰβηρῐ́ᾱ (Ibēríā).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hibēria f sg (genitive Hibēriae); first declension

  1. Iberia (the country of the Hibērēs)
    1. Iberian Peninsula (a peninsula in Southern Europe)
    2. Caucasian Iberia
      1. (Late Latin, fully Rēgnum Hibēriae) Kingdom of Iberia (a former kingdom) (circa 302 BC–AD 580)
      2. (Medieval Latin, generally) Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hibēria
Genitive Hibēriae
Dative Hibēriae
Accusative Hibēriam
Ablative Hibēriā
Vocative Hibēria
Locative Hibēriae

Derived terms

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References

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  • IBE´RIA”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Hĭbērĭa (Ib-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hiber, Hiberia, hiberis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:745/1
  • Ĭbērĭa (Hib-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:764/1
  • Hibēria” on page 794/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading

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