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Latin
Etymology
After Ancient Greek Θύβρις (Thúbris)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Thybris m sg (genitive Thybridis); third declension
- (poetic) Synonym of Tiberis (“the Tiber”)
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 3.500:
- Sī quandō Thybrim vīcīnaque Thybridis arva / intrârō (...)
- If I ever shall enter the Tiber and the fields bordering on the Tiber (...).
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 4.571–2:
- Nunc adit Hesperiōs, Rhēnum Rhodanumque Padumque / tēque, futūre parēns, Thybri, potentis aquae.
- And now she reaches the Hesperian , the Rhine, the Rhone, and the Po, and thee, o Tiber, destined to be the parent of a mighty stream.
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
References
- Thybris in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- Thybris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.