Tiberis
Latin
Alternative forms
- Tiber
Etymology
Two possibilities are:
- From Proto-Italic *Tiβeris. Cognate with Faliscan *Tiferis (nb. Etruscan praenomen Thefarie < Faliscan *Tiferios '(He) from the Tiber', equivalent to Latin Tiberius).[1]
- From Celtic *dubros (“river”). See Dover.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈti.be.ris/, [ˈtɪ.bɛ.rɪs]
Proper noun
Tiberis m (genitive Tiberis); third declension
- The Tiber River, which flows through Rome
- genitive singular of Tiberis
- vocative singular of Tiberis
Inflection
Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Tiberis |
| Genitive | Tiberis |
| Dative | Tiberī |
| Accusative | Tiberem Tiberim |
| Ablative | Tibere Tiberī |
| Vocative | Tiberis |
Derived terms
- Tiberius (Ti.)
- tiberius (“of the Tiber”)
Descendants
- English: Tiber
- Hungarian: Tevere
- Italian: Tevere
- Polish: Tyber
References
- Tiberis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Tiberis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- The Latin Dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 Years of Scholarship, vol 1 (2009), p.73