Tiberias

English

Etymology

From Latin Tiberias, from Ancient Greek Τιβεριάς (Tiberiás), after the Emperor Tiberius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪˈbɪəɹi.æs/

Proper noun

Tiberias

1. A town in the Northern District, on the Sea of Galilee in Israel.

Derived terms

• Tiberian

Translations

town

• Aghwan: 𐕜𐔼𐔱𐔴𐕙𐔼𐔰 (ṭiberia)
• Arabic: طَبَرِيَّة f (ṭabariyya)

  South Levantine Arabic: طَبَرِيَّا f (ṭabariyyā)

• Catalan: Tiberíades f
• Coptic: ⲧⲓⲃⲉⲣⲓⲁⲥ (tiberias)
• French: Tibériade (fr) m
• Greek: Τιβεριάδα f (Tiveriáda)

  Ancient Greek: Τιβεριάς f (Tiberiás)

• Hebrew: טְבֶרְיָה (he) f (t'veryá)
• Latin: Tiberias f
• Ottoman Turkish: طبریه (taberiye)
• Polish: Tyberiada (pl) f
• Russian: Тве́рия (ru) f (Tvérija)
• Turkish: Tiberya
• Ukrainian: Тве́рія f (Tvérija)

Further reading

• Tiberias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tiˈbe.ri.as/, [t̪ɪˈbɛriäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈbe.ri.as/, [t̪iˈbɛːriäs]

Proper noun

Tiberias f sg (genitive Tiberiadis); third declension

1. 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.