Thybris

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

After Ancient Greek Θύβρις (Thúbris)

Pronunciation

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
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