Lewis & Short

hībernus, a, um, adj. [root Sanscr. himas, Gr. χιών, snow, v. hiems; for hiemernus (hīm-), cf. χειμερινός], of or belonging to winter, wintry, winter-.

  1. I. Adj.: hiberno tempore, Lucr. 5, 699: tempus, id. 5, 940; cf.: in aprico maxime pratuli loco, quod erat hibernum tempus anni, considerent, Cic. Rep. 1, 12: temporibus hibernis, id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: menses, id. ib.: annus, i. e. winter-time, Hor. Epod. 2, 29: exortus solis, Plin. 6, 17, 21. § 57: occasus, id. 5, 5, 5, § 34: navigatio, Cic. Att. 15, 25: ignis, id. de Sen. 14, 46: grando, Ov. M. 5, 158; cf. nix, Hor. C. 4, 12, 4: cubiculum, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2: tunica, winter dress, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 94; cf.: calceatus feminarum, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34: pira, id. 16, 26, 43, § 106: agni, id. 8, 47, 72, § 187: Alpes, wintry, cold, Hor. S. 2, 5, 41; so, Caucasus, Val. Fl. 6, 612; and transf. Borysthenidae, i. e. inhabiting a cold country, Prop. 2, 7, 18: Cori, stormy, Verg. A. 5, 126: flumen, Hor. S. 1, 7, 27: mare, id. Epod. 15, 8: aequor, id. S. 2, 3, 235: Neptunus, id. Epod. 17, 55: noctes, Verg. A. 6, 355: pulvis, a dry winter, id. G. 1, 101; quoted in Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14: Lycia, cold, Verg. A. 4, 143: legiones, lying in winter-quarters, Suet. Calig. 8: tumulus vergens in occidentem hibernum, to the south-west, Liv. 44, 46, 5.
        1. b. In neut. adverb.: increpui (sc. Arcturus) hibernum, et fluctus movi maritimos, stormily, tempestuously, Plaut. Rud. prol. 69.
  2. II. Subst.: hībernum, i, n., the winter: hiberno, in the winter, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 1, 2.
    1. B. hīberna, ōrum, n. (sc. castra), winter-quarters: tres (legiones), quae circum Aquileiam hiemabant, ex hibernis educit, Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 3: in hiberna in Sequanos exercitum deduxit, id. ib. 1, 54 fin.; 2, 35, 3; 3, 2, 1; 3, 29 fin.; 4, 38, 4 et saep.: quo (tempore) neque frumenta in hibernis erant neque multum a maturitate aberant, in the winter camp, winter magazines, id. B. C. 1, 48, 5 Oud. N. cr.: consules hiberna egerunt, Liv. 9, 28, 2: hiberna aedificavit, id. 23, 48, 2; 7, 38, 4.
      1. 2. (Sc. loca.) The range of cattle in winter, Dig. 32, 1, 67.
      2. 3. (Sc. tempora.) Winters = years, Verg. A. 1, 266.