Tiberis

Latin

Alternative forms

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

  1. The Tiber River, which flows through Rome
  2. genitive singular of Tiberis
  3. 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

Descendants

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
  1. The Latin Dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 Years of Scholarship, vol 1 (2009), p.73
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