Ivernia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Ivernia.
Proper noun
Ivernia
- (historical geography, archaic) Synonym of Hibernia, Ireland
Related terms
- Iverni
- Ivernic
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰ̄ουερνία (Īouernía), from Primitive Irish [script needed] (*īweriū) (compare Old Irish Ériu), from Proto-Celtic *ɸīweryū.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iːˈwer.ni.a/, [iːˈwɛr.ni.a]
Proper noun
Īvernia f sg (genitive Īverniae); first declension
- (historical geography, obsolete) Synonym of Hibernia: Ireland
- 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:
- In prima Tabula[:] Iuernia insula & Albion insula Brictannicae
- 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:
Declension
First declension.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Īvernia |
Genitive | Īverniae |
Dative | Īverniae |
Accusative | Īverniam |
Ablative | Īverniā |
Vocative | Īvernia |
References
- Ivernia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly