Xanthippus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ξάνθιππος (Xánthippos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ksanˈtʰip.pus/, [ks̠än̪ˈt̪ʰɪpːʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ksanˈtip.pus/, [ksän̪ˈt̪ipːus]

Proper noun

Xanthippus m sg (genitive Xanthippī); second declension

An Athenian statesman and general, father of Pericles

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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

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