LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

hībernus

hībernus (feminine hīberna, neuter hībernum)
Classical[hiːˈbɛr.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[iˈbɛr.nus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectivewintry
  2. adjectiveof or pertaining to winter
  3. adjectivesuitable for getting through the winter

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī hiemis est; nix hiberna.
hibernus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Caelum et Tempestātēs
hiemis, ad hiemem pertinēns
hībernus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 23

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehībernushībernahībernum
genitivehībernīhībernaehībernī
dativehībernōhībernaehībernō
accusativehībernumhībernamhībernum
ablativehībernōhībernāhībernō
vocativehībernehībernahībernum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehībernīhībernaehīberna
genitivehībernōrumhībernārumhībernōrum
dativehībernīshībernīshībernīs
accusativehībernōshībernāshīberna
ablativehībernīshībernīshībernīs
vocativehībernīhībernaehīberna

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

castra hiberna, aestiva
winter-quarters, summer-quarters.
verno, aestivo, auctumnali, hiberno tempore
in spring, summer, autumn, winter time.
milites in hibernis collocare, in hiberna deducere
to take the troops to their winter-quarters.

hībernus, a, um, adj. root Sanscr. himas, Gr. χιών, snow, v. hiems; for hiemernus (hīm-), cf. χειμερινός,
I. of or belonging to winter, wintry, winter-.
I. Adj.: hiberno tempore, Lucr. 5, 699: tempus, id. 5, 940; cf.: in aprico maxime pratuli loco, quod erat hibernum tempus anni, considerent, Cic. Rep. 1, 12: temporibus hibernis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: menses, id. ib.: annus, i. e. winter-time, Hor. Epod. 2, 29: exortus solis, Plin. 6, 17, 21. § 57: occasus, id. 5, 5, 5, § 34: navigatio, Cic. Att. 15, 25: ignis, id. de Sen. 14, 46: grando, Ov. M. 5, 158; cf. nix, Hor. C. 4, 12, 4: cubiculum, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2: tunica, winter dress, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 94; cf.: calceatus feminarum, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34: pira, id. 16, 26, 43, § 106: agni, id. 8, 47, 72, § 187: Alpes, wintry, cold, Hor. S. 2, 5, 41; so, Caucasus, Val. Fl. 6, 612; and transf. Borysthenidae, i. e. inhabiting a cold country, Prop. 2, 7, 18: Cori, stormy, Verg. A. 5, 126: flumen, Hor. S. 1, 7, 27: mare, id. Epod. 15, 8: aequor, id. S. 2, 3, 235: Neptunus, id. Epod. 17, 55: noctes, Verg. A. 6, 355: pulvis, a dry winter, id. G. 1, 101; quoted in Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14: Lycia, cold, Verg. A. 4, 143: legiones, lying in winter-quarters, Suet. Calig. 8: tumulus vergens in occidentem hibernum, to the south-west, Liv. 44, 46, 5.—
b. In neut. adverb.: increpui (sc. Arcturus) hibernum, et fluctus movi maritimos, stormily, tempestuously, Plaut. Rud. prol. 69.—
II. Subst.: hībernum, i, n., the winter: hiberno, in the winter, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 1, 2.—
B. hīberna, ōrum, n. (sc. castra), winter-quarters: tres (legiones), quae circum Aquileiam hiemabant, ex hibernis educit, Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 3: in hiberna in Sequanos exercitum deduxit, id. ib. 1, 54 fin.; 2, 35, 3; 3, 2, 1; 3, 29 fin.; 4, 38, 4 et saep.: quo (tempore) neque frumenta in hibernis erant neque multum a maturitate aberant, in the winter camp, winter magazines, id. B. C. 1, 48, 5 Oud. N. cr.: consules hiberna egerunt, Liv. 9, 28, 2: hiberna aedificavit, id. 23, 48, 2; 7, 38, 4.—
2. (Sc. loca.) The range of cattle in winter, Dig. 32, 1, 67.—
3. (Sc. tempora.) Winters = years, Verg. A. 1, 266.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *heimrinos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-m-r-ino-s, from *ǵʰey-. Cognate with Ancient Greek χειμερινός (kheimerinós) and related to Latin hiems.

In English words that came into English from hībernus

  • hibernatehībernātus
  • hibernationhībernātus

Quick answers

What does hībernus mean in Latin?
hībernus, a adjective, means “wintry; of or pertaining to winter; suitable for getting through the winter”.
How do you pronounce hībernus?
In classical Latin, [hiːˈbɛr.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iˈbɛr.nus].