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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἱππῶναξ (Hippônax).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hippōnax m sg (genitive Hippōnāctis); third declension
- A Greek poet born in Ephesus
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Hipponax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hipponax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Hipponax”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray