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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὕπιος (Húpios).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hypius m sg (genitive Hypiī or Hypī); second declension
- A river of Bithynia situated not far westward from the Sangarius
- a mountain in Bithynia, mentioned by Pliny
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Hypius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Hypius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly