Iuverna

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Ivverna, Iuuerna, Ivberna, Ivberna

Etymology

Variant of the name Hī̆bernia, Īvernia, Iverna (Greek Ἰ̄έρνη (Īérnē), Ἰ̄ουερνία (Īouernía)) etc.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Iūverna f sg (genitive Iūvernae); first declension

  1. (historical, rare) synonym of Hibernia: Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)
    • c. 45 CE, Pomponius Mela, De Chorographia 3.53.1:
      Super Britanniam Iuverna est paene par spatio
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    • Juvenal, Saturae 2.160:
      litora Iuvernae promovimus et modo captas
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    • Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Flavi Vopisci Syracusii Tacitus 16.5.1:
      litora Iuvernam insulam proconsulem mittat
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Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Iūverna
genitive Iūvernae
dative Iūvernae
accusative Iūvernam
ablative Iūvernā
vocative Iūverna