Ξάνθιππος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) +‎ ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksán.tʰip.pos/ → /ˈksan.θip.pos/ → /ˈksan.θi.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksán.tʰip.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈksan.tʰip.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈksan.θip.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈksan.θip.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈksan.θi.pos/

Proper noun

Ξᾰ́νθῐππος • (Xánthippos) m (genitive Ξᾰνθῐ́ππου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Xanthippus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ξᾰ́νθῐππος; τοῦ Ξᾰνθῐ́ππου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ξᾰ́νθῐππος ho Xánthippos
Genitive	τοῦ Ξᾰνθῐ́ππου toû Xanthíppou
Dative	τῷ Ξᾰνθῐ́ππῳ tôi Xanthíppōi
Accusative	τὸν Ξᾰ́νθῐππον tòn Xánthippon
Vocative	Ξᾰ́νθῐππε Xánthippe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ξανθίππη (Xanthíppē)

Descendants

• Greek: Ξάνθιππος (Xánthippos)
• Latin: Xanthippus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029