Hippo

See also: hippo and hippo-

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱππών (Hippṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhip.poː/, [ˈhɪpːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈip.po/, [ˈipːo]

Proper noun

Hippō m sg (genitive Hippōnis); third declension

1. The name of several cities in the Hellenistic world, especially:
   1. Hippo Regius (an ancient city, famed home of St Augustine, near modern Annaba, Algeria)
   2. Hippo Diarrhytus, now known as Bizerte (a city in modern Tunisia)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hippō
genitive	Hippōnis
dative	Hippōnī
accusative	Hippōnem
ablative	Hippōne
vocative	Hippō
locative	Hippōnī Hippōne

References

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