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

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

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