Hipponium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱππώνιον (Hippṓnion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hipˈpoː.ni.um/, [hɪpˈpoːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ipˈpo.ni.um/, [ipˈpɔːnium]

Proper noun

Hippōnium n sg (genitive Hippōniī or Hippōnī); second declension

1. An important Greek city of Bruttium, called by the Romans Vibo

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hippōnium
Genitive	Hippōniī Hippōnī1
Dative	Hippōniō
Accusative	Hippōnium
Ablative	Hippōniō
Vocative	Hippōnium
Locative	Hippōniī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Hippōniātes

References

• “Hipponium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly