Tifernus
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View of the river
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed through Oscan from Proto-Italic *tibhes-no- (“marsh, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow, to melt”). However, compare Oscan 𐌕𐌉𐌚𐌀 (tifa, “hill”), related to Latin teba (“hill”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tiːˈfer.nus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tiˈfer.nus/,
Proper noun
Tīfernus m sg (genitive Tīfernī); second declension
- A mountain in Samnium, upon which was the town of Tifernum, now Monte Matese
- One of the most considerable rivers of Samnium, now called Biferno
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Tīfernus |
| Genitive | Tīfernī |
| Dative | Tīfernō |
| Accusative | Tīfernum |
| Ablative | Tīfernō |
| Vocative | Tīferne |
References
- “Tifernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Tifernus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Tifernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 52
- TI: Pellegrini, G.B., Toponomastica italiana, Milano, Hoepli, 1990, p. 55 & 61