Hippias

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἱππίας (Hippías).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hippiās m sg (genitive Hippiae); first declension

  1. Hippias, a common Ancient Greek name.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

singular
nominative Hippiās
genitive Hippiae
dative Hippiae
accusative Hippiān
ablative Hippiā
vocative Hippiā

Descendants

  • English: Hippias
  • Italian: Ippia

References

  • Hippias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Hippias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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