Thybris

Thybris

Latin

Alternative forms

• Tiberis

Etymology

After Ancient Greek Θύβρις (Thúbris)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.bris/, [ˈt̪ʰʏ.brɪs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.bris/, [ˈt̪iː.bris]

Proper noun

Thybris m sg (genitive Thybridis); third declension

1. (poetic) The Tiber River
   • Vergilius, Aeneid 3.500:

     Sī quandō Thybrim vīcīnaque Thybridis arva / intrârō (...)

     If I ever shall enter the Tiber and the fields bordering on the Tiber (...).

   • Ovidius, Fasti 4.571-2:

     Nunc adit Hesperiōs, Rhēnum Rhodanumque Padumque / tēque, futūre parēns, Thybri, potentis aquae.

     And now she reaches the Hesperian [streams], the Rhine, the Rhone, and the Po, and thee, o Tiber, destined to be the parent of a mighty stream.

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Thybris
Genitive	Thybridis
Dative	Thybridī
Accusative	Thybrim Thybrin
Ablative	Thybride
Vocative	Thybri

References

• Thybris in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, Hahnsche
• Thybris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette