Ierne

English

Proper noun

Ierne

1. (poetic) Ireland

Anagrams

• Irene, irene, Ernie, NEERI, ERNIE

Latin

Alternative forms

• Īvernē, Hīvernē, Hȳbernē, Īerna, Īverna, Hȳberna

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰ̄έρνη (Īérnē), from Proto-Celtic *Φīweryū. Ultimately from the same origin as the synonymous Hī̆bernia, Īvernia, Iūverna.

Proper noun

Īernē f sg (genitive Īernēs); first declension

1. (historical, rare) Synonym of Hibernia: Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Īernē
genitive	Īernēs
dative	Īernae
accusative	Īernēn
ablative	Īernē
vocative	Īernē

References

• “Ierne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ierne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ierne”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly