Hannibal

English

Etymology

From Latin Hannibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (ḥnbʿl), a compound of 𐤇𐤍‎ (ḥn, “grace”) and 𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (bʿl, “master”), originally meaning “grace of (the god) Baal”, “(the god) Baal has been gracious”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhænɪbəl/

Proper noun

Hannibal (plural Hannibals)

1. A male given name of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca.
2. A city in Missouri: Hannibal.

Translations

name

• Arabic: حنبعل‎‎ m (hannabal)
• Armenian: Հաննիբալ (Hannibal)
• Dutch: Hannibal
• Esperanto: Hanibalo
• Faroese: Hannibal m
• French: Annibal, Hannibal
• German: Hannibal (de)

• Greek: Αννίβας (el) m (Annívas)
• Italian: Annibale (it) m
• Latin: Hannibal m
• Portuguese: Aníbal (pt) m
• Russian: Ганниба́л (ru) m (Gannibál)
• Spanish: Aníbal (es) m

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Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Hannibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (ḥnbʿl), a compound of 𐤇𐤍‎ (ḥn, “grace”) and 𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (bʿl, “master”), originally meaning “grace of (the god) Baal”, “(the god) Baal has been gracious”.

Proper noun

Hannibal m

1. Hannibal

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Hannibal
Accusative	Hannibal
Dative	Hannibali
Genitive	Hannibals

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Annibal

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhan.ni.bal/, [ˈhan.nɪ.baɫ]

Proper noun

Hannibal m (genitive Hannibalis); third declension

1. A Carthaginian given name.
2. The Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Hannibal
genitive	Hannibalis
dative	Hannibalī
accusative	Hannibalem
ablative	Hannibale
vocative	Hannibal

Descendants

• English: Hannibal
• Italian: Annibale

References

• Hannibal in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hannibal in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Hannibal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Hannibal m

1. Alternative form of Aníbal