hibernum
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hiːˈbɛr.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈbɛr.num]
Etymology 1
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Ellipsis of hībernum tempus (“winter-time”).[1] Came to replace hiems (“winter”) in the development from Latin to Romance.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]hībernum n (genitive hībernī); second declension (Late Latin)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hībernum | hīberna |
| genitive | hībernī | hībernōrum |
| dative | hībernō | hībernīs |
| accusative | hībernum | hīberna |
| ablative | hībernō | hībernīs |
| vocative | hībernum | hīberna |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
Descendants with an added nasal in the first syllable, perhaps via parallelism with īnfernus (“hell”) or reanalyzed as in + vē̆rnus:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
[edit]- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “hībĕrnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 421
- ^ Adams, J. N. (1976), “The Text and Language of a Vulgar Latin Chronicle (Anonymous Valesianus II)”, in Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, number 36, London: Oxford University Press, →JSTOR, page 83
- ^ Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “invern”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Further reading
[edit]- “hibernum”, 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) winter-quarters, summer-quarters: castra hiberna, aestiva
- (ambiguous) to take the troops to their winter-quarters: milites in hibernis collocare, in hiberna deducere
- (ambiguous) in spring, summer, autumn, winter time: verno, aestivo, auctumnali, hiberno tempore
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hībernum
- inflection of hībernus:
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- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin neuter nouns
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