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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἱππώνιον (Hippṓnion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hippōnium n sg (genitive Hippōniī or Hippōnī); second declension
- An important Greek city of Bruttium, called by the Romans Vibo
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Hipponium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly