Thybris
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
After Ancient Greek Θύβρις (Thúbris)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʰy.bris/, [ˈt̪ʰʏbrɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈti.bris/, [ˈt̪iːbris]
Proper noun
Thybris m sg (genitive Thybridis); third declension
- (poetic) The Tiber River
- Vergilius, Aeneid 3.500:
- Sī quandō Thybrim vīcīnaque Thybridis arva / intrârō (...)
- If I ever shall enter the Tiber and the fields bordering on the Tiber (...).
- Sī quandō Thybrim vīcīnaque Thybridis arva / intrârō (...)
- Ovidius, Fasti 4.571-2:
- Nunc adit Hesperiōs, Rhēnum Rhodanumque Padumque / tēque, futūre parēns, Thybri, potentis aquae.
- And now she reaches the Hesperian [streams], the Rhine, the Rhone, and the Po, and thee, o Tiber, destined to be the parent of a mighty stream.
- Nunc adit Hesperiōs, Rhēnum Rhodanumque Padumque / tēque, futūre parēns, Thybri, potentis aquae.
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Thybris |
| Genitive | Thybridis |
| Dative | Thybridī |
| Accusative | Thybrim Thybrin |
| Ablative | Thybride |
| Vocative | Thybri |
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