LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · masculinethird declension

Tiberis

Tiberis m sg (genitive Tiberis)
Classical[ˈtɪ.bɛ.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtiː.be.ris]

Meaning

  1. masculinesingularThe Tiber River, which flows through Rome

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeTiberis—
genitiveTiberis—
dativeTiberī—
accusativeTiberim
Tiberin		—
ablativeTiberī—
vocativeTiberis—

Tĭbĕris, is, also contr., Tibris (Ty-bris), is or ĭdis, m.
I. The river Tiber, now Tevere: Tiberis antea Tybris appellatus et prius Albula, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; cf. Liv. 1, 3.
(a). Form Tiberis, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4; 12, 19, 1; id. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; id. Mil. 15, 41; Liv. 1, 7; 5, 13; 24, 9; 30, 38; Hor. C. 1, 2, 13; 1, 29, 12; 2, 3, 18; id. S. 1, 9, 18; 2, 1, 8; 2, 3, 292; id. Ep. 1, 11, 19. —
(b). Form Tibris (Tybris; only in the poets), Verg A. 2, 782: Tibrim, id. ib. 3, 500: Thybridis, Ov. M. 15, 432; Luc. 6, 810: Tibride, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 127.—Hence,
A. Tĭbĕrīnus (Tībrī-nus, Claud. Laud. Seren. 16; Sid. Carm. 7, 75), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Tiber, Tiberine: ostium, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Verg. A. 1, 13; Ov. F. 4, 329: undae, Hor. C. 3, 12, 7: flumen, Verg. A. 11, 449; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 4: lupus, taken in the Tiber, id. S. 2, 2, 31: campus, Plin. 34, 6, 11, § 25: gramen, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 182: pater, i. e. Father Tiber, as a river-god, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 Vahl.); Verg. G. 4, 369; cf. deus, id. A. 8, 31.—
2. Subst.: Tĭ-bĕrīnus, i, m.
a. The Tiber: hac quondam Tiberinus iter faciebat, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 7. Verg. A. 7, 30; Ov. F. 4, 291; 6, 105.—
b. A king of Alba, after whom the river is said to have been named, Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 29 and 71 Müll.; Liv. 1, 3; Ov. F. 2, 389; id. M. 14, 614.—
B. Tĭbĕrīnis, ĭdis, adj. f., of or belonging to the Tiber, Tiberine: Nym phae, Ov. F. 2, 597. —
II. Personified: Tibris (Tybris), the river-god Tiber, Verg. A. 8, 72; 10, 421.

Origins

A pre-Roman name, suggested origins include: * From Proto-Italic *Tiβeris. Cognate with Faliscan *Tiferis (cf. Etruscan praenomen Thefarie < Faliscan *Tiferios (“(He) from the Tiber”), equivalent to Latin Tiberius).*Tiβeris and *Tiferis may come from the same root as temerō, from Proto-Italic *temezi (“in darkness, blindly”), a fossilised locative form of Proto-Indo-European *témHos (“darkness”), from *temH- (“dark”). See Thames. * From Celtic *dubros (“water”), or otherwise from its same ultimate source, Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep, dark, hazy”). See Dover. * From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow, to melt”), found in hydronyms. This could correspond to the Umbrian counterpart Tifernum Tiberinum with the eastern Italic sound shift bh > f. More at Tiber.

Descendants
  • EnglishTiber
  • GermanTiber
  • FrenchTibre
  • ItalianTevere
  • HungarianTevere
  • PolishTyber
  • SicilianTìviri

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyTiberisTiberis (ὁ Τίβερις: Tevere, Tiber: the forms Tibris, Tybris, and Thybris are chiefly poetical, as is Θύμβρις also in Greek: the Latin poets use also T…

Quick answers

What does Tiberis mean in Latin?
Tiberis, a proper noun, means “The Tiber River, which flows through Rome”.
What is the genitive of Tiberis?
The genitive singular is Tiberis. Tiberis is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Tiberis?
In classical Latin, [ˈtɪ.bɛ.rɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtiː.be.ris].