Iuverna
Latin
Alternative forms
- Ivverna, Iuuerna, Ivberna, Ivberna
Etymology
Variant of the name Hī̆bernia, Īvernia, Iverna (Greek Ἰ̄έρνη (Īérnē), Ἰ̄ουερνία (Īouernía)) etc.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [juːˈwɛr.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [juˈvɛr.na]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [i.uːˈwɛr.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.uˈvɛr.na]
- In Juvenal, "lītora Iuuer" scans as long-short-short-long-long, which requires a pronunciation starting with Ĭūver- or Jūver-.
Proper noun
Iūverna f sg (genitive Iūvernae); first declension
- (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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- Super Britanniam Iuverna est paene par spatio
- Juvenal, Saturae 2.160:
- litora Iuvernae promovimus et modo captas
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- litora Iuvernae promovimus et modo captas
- Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Flavi Vopisci Syracusii Tacitus 16.5.1:
- litora Iuvernam insulam proconsulem mittat
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- litora Iuvernam insulam proconsulem mittat
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Iūverna |
| genitive | Iūvernae |
| dative | Iūvernae |
| accusative | Iūvernam |
| ablative | Iūvernā |
| vocative | Iūverna |