noun · femininefirst declension
hibrida
hibrida f (genitive hibridae)
Meaning
- femininehybrid, mongrel, half-breed
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hibrida | hibridae ibridae |
| genitive | hibridae ibridae | hibridārum ibridārum |
| dative | hibridae ibridae | hibridīs ibridīs |
| accusative | hibridam ibridam | hibridās ibridās |
| ablative | hibridā | hibridīs ibridīs |
| vocative | hibrida | hibridae ibridae |
hibrĭda or hybrĭda (ibr-), ae, comm. most prob. kindred with ὑβρίζω, ὕβρις, qs. unbridled, lawless, unnatural; hence, of animals produced from two different species,
I. a mongrel, hybrid.
I. Lit.:
in nullo genere aeque facilis mixtura cum fero (quam in suibus), qualiter natos antiqui hybridas vocabant ceu semiferos, Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 213.—II. Transf., of persons, one born of a Roman father and a foreign mother, or of a freeman and a slave:
ibique postea ex hybridis, libertinis servisque conscripserat, Auct. B. Afr. 19, 4: hybrida quo pacto sit Persius ultus, Hor. S. 1, 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 19; Mart. 6, 39, 20; 8, 22: Q. Varius propter obscurum jus civitatis Hibrida cognominatus, Val. Max. 8, 6, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
hibrida see hybrida.
Origins
Probably from Ancient Greek, with influence from ὕβρις (húbris).
In English words that came into English from hibrida
- hybridhybrida