Tiberias

English

Etymology

From Latin Tiberias with genitive form Tiberiadis, after the Emperor Tiberius.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taɪˈbɪəɹi.æs/

Proper noun

Tiberias

a town on the Sea of Galilee in Israel

Derived terms

Tiberian

Translations

town

Aghwan: 𐕜𐔼𐔱𐔴𐕙𐔼𐔰 (ṭiberia)
Arabic: طَبَرِيَّة‎ f (ṭabariyya), طبريا‎ f
Catalan: Tiberíades f
Coptic: ⲧⲓⲃⲉⲣⲓⲁⲥ (tiberias)
French: Tibériade (fr) m
Greek: Τιβεριάδα f (Tiveriáda)
Ancient: Τιβεριάς f (Tiberiás)
Hebrew: טְבֶרְיָה‎ (he) f (t'veryá)
Latin: Tiberias f
Polish: Tyberiada (pl) f
Russian: Тве́рия (ru) f (Tvérija)
Ukrainian: Тве́рія f (Tvérija)

Further reading

Tiberias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek Τιβεριάς (Tiberiás), ultimately named after Tiberius.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tiˈbe.ri.as/, [t̪ɪˈbɛriäs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈbe.ri.as/, [t̪iˈbɛːriäs]

Proper noun

Tiberias f sg (genitive Tiberiadis); third declension

Tiberias (a town in Galilee)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tiberias
Genitive	Tiberiadis
Dative	Tiberiadī
Accusative	Tiberiadem
Ablative	Tiberiade
Vocative	Tiberias
Locative	Tiberiadī Tiberiade

Descendants

English: Tiberias
?French: Tibériade
→ Italian: Tiberiade

References

Tĭbĕrĭăs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,574/1

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