Hibernia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Hĭbernĭa, ae, f. (= Ἰουερνία Ptol.),

the island now called Ireland , Caes. B. G. 5, 13, 2; Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 103; Tac. Agr. 24.— Also called Iverna , ae, Mel. 3, 6, 6: Ju-verna , ae, Juv. 2, 160; and (acc. to the Gr. form Ἰέρνη Strab.) Ierna , ae, App. de Mundo, p. 60; and Iernē , ēs, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 251; IV. Cons. Hon. 33.

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