hyperboreus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπερβόρειος (huperbóreios).

Pronunciation

Adjective

hyperboreus (feminine hyperborea, neuter hyperboreum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hyperborean
    Synonym: hyperboreanus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hyperboreus hyperborea hyperboreum hyperboreī hyperboreae hyperborea
Genitive hyperboreī hyperboreae hyperboreī hyperboreōrum hyperboreārum hyperboreōrum
Dative hyperboreō hyperboreō hyperboreīs
Accusative hyperboreum hyperboream hyperboreum hyperboreōs hyperboreās hyperborea
Ablative hyperboreō hyperboreā hyperboreō hyperboreīs
Vocative hyperboree hyperborea hyperboreum hyperboreī hyperboreae hyperborea

Descendants

  • Catalan: hiperbori
  • French: hyperborée

References

  • “hyperboreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hyperboreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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