Tiberius

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Tiberius, literally 'Of the Tiber', from Tiberis, the river Tiber. Also note Faliscan equivalent *Tiferios. The name is mistaken by some to be of Etruscan origin but note the borrowed variants, Thefarie (from Faliscan) and Teperi (from Latin). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, /tɪˈbɛɹi.ʊs/ Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəs === Proper noun === Tiberius (plural Tiberiuses) (historical) A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use, in particular, the praenomen of the second Roman emperor Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, reigning 14-37 C.E.. ==== Related terms ==== Tiberian, Tiberias ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Beirutis == Latin == === Alternative forms === Ti. (praenominal abbreviation) === Etymology === From Tiberis (“Tiber river”) +‎ -ius (“relative adjective marker”). C.f. Etruscan 𐌈𐌄𐌚𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌄 (θefarie), presumably borrowed from Faliscan *Tiferio(s). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɪˈbɛ.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tiˈbɛː.ri.us] === Proper noun === Tiberius m (genitive Tiberiī or Tiberī); second declension a masculine praenomen, famously held by: Tiberius Caesar Augustus (42 B.C.E.–37 C.E.), second Emperor of the Roman Empire, reigning 14–37 C.E. (history) a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Emperors of the Byzantine Roman Empire Tiberius II Constantinus (r. 574–582 CE) and Tiberius III (r. 698–705 CE) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === See also === === Further reading === “Tĭbĕrĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Tiberius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1574. Tiberius in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3121 “Tiberius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers