Hamilcar

English

Etymology

From Latin Hamilcar, from Punic 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 (ḥmlqrt, literally “brother of Melqart”).

Proper noun

Hamilcar

1. A Punic male given name from Punic

Derived terms

• Hamilcarian

Translations

given name

• Armenian: Համիլկար (Hamilkar)
• French: Hamilcar (fr)
• German: Hamilkar
• Greek: Αμίλκας (el) (Amílkas)

  Ancient: Ἀμίλκας (Amílkas)

• Italian: Amilcare (it)
• Latin: Hamilcar m, Amilcar m
• Portuguese: Amílcar (pt)
• Russian: Гамилька́р (ru) (Gamilʹkár), Амилька́р (ru) (Amilʹkár)
• Spanish: Amílcar (es)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Amilcar

Etymology

From Punic 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 (ḥmlqrt, literally “brother of Melqart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /haˈmil.kar/, [häˈmɪɫ̪kär]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈmil.kar/, [äˈmilkär]

Proper noun

Hamilcar m sg (genitive Hamilcaris); third declension

1. Hamilcar (father of Hannibal)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hamilcar
Genitive	Hamilcaris
Dative	Hamilcarī
Accusative	Hamilcarem
Ablative	Hamilcare
Vocative	Hamilcar

Descendants

• English: Hamilcar
• Italian: Amilcare

References

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