Tibur

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Italic *teiba, or borrowed from Sabine tēba (“hill”). Or could be related to Tiberis and the praenomen Tiberius. In Roman lore, the city was said to have been named for Tīburtus, son of the city's founder Catillus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtiː.bʊr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtiː.bur] === Proper noun === Tībur n sg (genitive Tīburis); third declension a town in Latium, seated on the Anio; modern Tivoli ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Tīburtīnus === References === “Tibur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Tibur”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Tibur”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly Chase, George Davis (1897). "The Origin of Roman Praenomina". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. VIII.