Tibur
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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Italic *teiba, or borrowed from Sabine tēba (“hill”). Or could be related to Tiberis and the praenomen Tiberius. In Roman lore, the city was said to have been named for Tīburtus, son of the city's founder Catillus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tībur n sg (genitive Tīburis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Tībur |
| genitive | Tīburis |
| dative | Tīburī |
| accusative | Tībur |
| ablative | Tībure |
| vocative | Tībur |
| locative | Tīburī Tībure |
Derived terms
References
- “Tibur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Tibur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Tibur”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Chase, George Davis (1897). "The Origin of Roman Praenomina". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. VIII.
- ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.