Hipponium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱππώνιον (Hippṓnion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hipˈpoː.ni.um/, [hɪpˈpoːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ipˈpo.ni.um/, [ipˈpɔːnium]

Proper noun

Hippōnium n sg (genitive Hippōniī or Hippōnī); second declension

1. An important Greek city of Bruttium, called by the Romans Vibo

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hippōnium
genitive	Hippōniī Hippōnī1
dative	Hippōniō
accusative	Hippōnium
ablative	Hippōniō
vocative	Hippōnium
locative	Hippōniī

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

Derived terms

• Hippōniātes

References

• “Hipponium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly