Xanthippus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ξάνθιππος (Xánthippos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Xanthippus m sg (genitive Xanthippī); second declension

  1. An Athenian statesman and general, father of Pericles

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Xanthippus
genitive Xanthippī
dative Xanthippō
accusative Xanthippum
ablative Xanthippō
vocative Xanthippe

References

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