English

Proper noun

Tiberius

1. A male given name of mostly historical use, in particular, the praenomen of the second Roman emperor Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, reigning 14-37 CE.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Luke 3:1:

     Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,

Related terms

• Tiberian

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ti. (praenominal abbreviation)

Etymology

From Tiberis ‎(“Tiber river”), as the adjective tiberius

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tiˈbe.ri.us/, [tɪˈbɛ.ri.ʊs]

Proper noun

Tiberius m ‎(genitive Tiberiī or Tiberī); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen.
2. Emperor Tiberius Claudius

Declension

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Tiberiānus
• Tiberēius
• Tibereus

Descendants

• English: Tiberius
• Italian: Tiberio

References

• Tĭbĕrĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Tiberius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.