Hannibal

English

Etymology

From Latin Hannibal, a rendering of Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl /⁠ḥannībaʿl⁠/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhænɪbəl/

Proper noun

Hannibal (countable and uncountable, plural Hannibals)

1. A male given name from Punic of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, son of Hamilcar.
2. A city in Missouri.

Translations

name

• Arabic: حَنَّبَعْل m (ḥannabaʕl)
• Armenian: Հաննիբալ (Hannibal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汉尼拔 (zh)

• Dutch: Hannibal
• Esperanto: Hanibalo
• Faroese: Hannibal m
• French: Annibal (fr), Hannibal
• German: Hannibal (de)
• Greek: Αννίβας (el) m (Annívas)

  Ancient: Ἀννίβας m (Anníbas)

• Icelandic: Hannibal (is) m
• Italian: Annibale (it) m
• Latin: Hannibal m
• Portuguese: Aníbal (pt) m
• Russian: Ганниба́л (ru) m (Gannibál)
• Spanish: Aníbal (es) m

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Hannibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl /⁠ḥannībaʿl⁠/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).

Proper noun

Hannibal m

1. Hannibal

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Hannibal
accusative	Hannibal
dative	Hannibali
genitive	Hannibals

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hannibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl /⁠ḥannībaʿl⁠/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).

Proper noun

Hannibal m (proper noun, genitive singular Hannibals)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Hannibal (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Hannibal
accusative	Hannibal
dative	Hannibal
genitive	Hannibals

Latin

Alternative forms

• Annibal

Etymology

From Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl /⁠ḥannībaʿl⁠/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhan.ni.bal/, [ˈhänːɪbäɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ni.bal/, [ˈänːibäl]

Proper noun

Hannibal m sg (genitive Hannibalis); third declension

1. A Carthaginian given name.
2. The Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hannibal
genitive	Hannibalis
dative	Hannibalī
accusative	Hannibalem
ablative	Hannibale
vocative	Hannibal

Descendants

• English: Hannibal
• Italian: Annibale
• Portuguese: Aníbal
• Spanish: Aníbal

References

• “Hannibal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Hannibal”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Hannibal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Hannibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl /⁠ḥannībaʿl⁠/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑn.ni.bɑl/, [ˈhɑn.ni.bɑl]

Proper noun

Hannibal m

1. Hannibal, a Carthaginian general

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Hannibal	—
accusative	Hannibal	—
genitive	Hannibales	—
dative	Hannibale	—

The name is also sometimes inflected as a weak noun:

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	Hannibale	—
accusative	Hannibalan	—
genitive	Hannibalan	—
dative	Hannibalan	—

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Hannibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl /⁠ḥannībaʿl⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xanˈɲi.bal/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ibal
• Syllabification: Han‧ni‧bal

Proper noun

Hannibal m pers

1. (historical, politics) Hannibal (Carthaginian general and statesman)

Declension

Declension of Hannibal

	singular
nominative	Hannibal
genitive	Hannibala
dative	Hannibalowi
accusative	Hannibala
instrumental	Hannibalem
locative	Hannibalu
vocative	Hannibalu

Further reading

• Hannibal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Hannibal m

1. Alternative form of Aníbal