Iuverna

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Iuberna === Etymology === Variant of the name Hī̆bernia, Iverna (Greek Ἰ̄έρνη (Īérnē), Ἰ̄ουερνία (Īouernía)) etc. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [i.uːˈwɛr.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.uˈvɛr.na] In Juvenal, "litora Iuuer" scans as a dactyl + spondee, which requires a pronunciation starting with Ĭūver- or Jūver-. Neither pronunciation would preserve the prosody of the Old Irish name, which started with *Īwer-. In accordance with the phonotactics of Ancient Greek (which did not possess consonantal j), word-initial I- + vowel is typically pronounced with hiatus in Latin terms borrowed from Greek, such as Īō̆nius. (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [juːˈwɛr.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [juˈvɛr.na] === Proper noun === Iūverna f sg (genitive Iūvernae); first declension (historical, rare) synonym of Hibernia: Ireland (an island and country in Western Europe) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only.