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hibernum

Latin

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Pronunciation

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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

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Noun

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hībernum n (genitive hībernī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. winter
    Synonym: hiems
Declension
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative hībernum hīberna
genitive hībernī hībernōrum
dative hībernō hībernīs
accusative hībernum hīberna
ablative hībernō hībernīs
vocative hībernum hīberna
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Descendants
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Descendants with an added nasal in the first syllable, perhaps via parallelism with īnfernus (“hell”):

References

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  1. ^ Adams, James Noel. 1976. The text and language of a Vulgar Latin chronicle (Anonymous Valesianus II). London: Institute of Classical Studies. Page 83.
  2. ^ Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “invern”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Further reading

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  • “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

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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hībernum

  1. inflection of hībernus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular
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