Ivernia
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin Īvernia.
Proper noun
editIvernia
- (historical, archaic) Synonym of Hibernia: Ireland (an island in Western Europe).
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editLatin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰ̄ουερνία (Īouernía), from Primitive Irish [script needed] (*īweriū) (compare Old Irish Ériu), from Proto-Celtic *Φīweryū.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iːˈu̯er.ni.a/, [iːˈu̯ɛrniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈver.ni.a/, [iˈvɛrniä]
Proper noun
editĪvernia f sg (genitive Īverniae); first declension
- (historical, obsolete) Synonym of Hibernia: Ireland (an island in Western Europe).
- 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:
- In prima Tabula[:] Iuernia insula & Albion insula Brictannicae
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Īvernia |
Genitive | Īverniae |
Dative | Īverniae |
Accusative | Īverniam |
Ablative | Īverniā |
Vocative | Īvernia |
References
edit- “Ivernia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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