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hibernus

hibernus

of winter

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 109 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. hibernus — de Vaan

hibernus 'of winter' (P1.+), hibernare 'to spend the winter' (Varro+); bimus 'two years old' (Cato+)3 trimus 'three years old' (PL+), quadnmus 'four years old' (PL+), — [de Vaan, s.v. hibernus, p. 298]

2. hībernus — Lewis & Short

hībernus, a, um, adj.root Sanscr. himas, Gr. xiw/n, snow, v. hiems; for hiemernus (hīm-), cf. xeimerino/s,

I of or belonging to winter, wintry, winter-.
I Adj.: hiberno tempore, Lucr. 5, 699: tempus, id. 5, 940; cf.: in aprico maxime pratuli loco, quod erat hibernum tempus anni, considerent, Cic. Rep. 1, 12: temporibus hibernis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: menses, id. ib.: annus, i. e. winter-time, Hor. Epod. 2, 29: exortus solis, Plin. 6, 17, 21. § 57: occasus, id. 5, 5, 5, § 34: navigatio, Cic. Att. 15, 25: ignis, id. de Sen. 14, 46: grando, Ov. M. 5, 158; cf. nix, Hor. C. 4, 12, 4: cubiculum, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2: tunica, winter dress, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 94; cf.: calceatus feminarum, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34: pira, id. 16, 26, 43, § 106: agni, id. 8, 47, 72, § 187: Alpes, wintry, cold, Hor. S. 2, 5, 41; so, Caucasus, Val. Fl. 6, 612; and transf. Borysthenidae, i. e. inhabiting a cold country, Prop. 2, 7, 18: Cori, stormy, Verg. A. 5, 126: flumen, Hor. S. 1, 7, 27: mare, id. Epod. 15, 8: aequor, id. S. 2, 3, 235: Neptunus, id. Epod. 17, 55: noctes, Verg. A. 6, 355: pulvis, a dry winter, id. G. 1, 101; quoted in Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14: Lycia, cold, Verg. A. 4, 143: legiones, lying in winter-quarters, Suet. Calig. 8: tumulus vergens in occidentem hibernum, to the south-west, Liv. 44, 46, 5.—
b In neut. adverb.: increpui (sc. Arcturus) hibernum, et fluctus movi maritimos, stormily, tempestuously, Plaut. Rud. prol. 69.—
II Subst.: hībernum, i, n., the winter: hiberno, in the winter, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 1, 2.—
B hīberna, ōrum, n. (sc. castra), winter-quarters: tres (legiones), quae circum Aquileiam hiemabant, ex hibernis educit, Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 3: in hiberna in Sequanos exercitum deduxit, id. ib. 1, 54 fin.; 2, 35, 3; 3, 2, 1; 3, 29 fin.; 4, 38, 4 et saep.: quo (tempore) neque frumenta in hibernis erant neque multum a maturitate aberant, in the winter camp, winter magazines, id. B. C. 1, 48, 5 Oud. N. cr.: consules hiberna egerunt, Liv. 9, 28, 2: hiberna aedificavit, id. 23, 48, 2; 7, 38, 4.—
2 (Sc. loca.) The range of cattle in winter, Dig. 32, 1, 67.—
3 (Sc. tempora.) Winters = years, Verg. A. 1, 266.

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. hibernus (scan p. 298; entry #757).

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