Tifernus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed through Oscan from Proto-Italic *tiβes-no- (“marsh, river”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow, to melt”). However, compare Oscan 𐌕𐌉𐌚𐌀 (tifa, “hill”), related to Latin teba (“hill”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tiːˈfɛr.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tiˈfɛr.nus] === Proper noun === Tīfernus m sg (genitive Tīfernī); second declension a mountain in Samnium, upon which was the town of Tifernum, now Monte Matese One of the most considerable rivers of Samnium, now called Biferno ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Tifernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Tifernus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Tifernus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 52 TI: Pellegrini, G.B., Toponomastica italiana, Milano, Hoepli, 1990, p. 55 & 61