Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Ὕπιος (Húpios).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Hypius m sg (genitive Hypiī or Hypī); second declension

  1. A river of Bithynia situated not far westward from the Sangarius
  2. A mountain in Bithynia, mentioned by Pliny

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hypius
Genitive Hypiī
Hypī1
Dative Hypiō
Accusative Hypium
Ablative Hypiō
Vocative Hypī

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

References edit

  • Hypius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Hypius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly