Chrysippus

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Chrysippus, from Ancient Greek Χρύσιππος (Khrúsippos).

Proper noun

Chrysippus

  1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Chrysippus, an Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher of the Hellenistic period.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χρύσιππος (Khrúsippos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chrȳsippus m sg (genitive Chrȳsippī); second declension

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
    1. Chrysippus, an Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher of the Hellenistic period.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

References

  • Chrysippus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Chrysippus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 303.
  • Chrysippus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung