Xanthippus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ξάνθιππος (Xánthippos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ksanˈtʰip.pus/, [ks̠än̪ˈt̪ʰɪpːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ksanˈtip.pus/, [ksän̪ˈt̪ipːus]

Proper noun

Xanthippus m sg (genitive Xanthippī); second declension

1. 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