Hyperbolus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὑπέρβολος (Hupérbolos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hyˈper.bo.lus/, [hʏˈpɛrbɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈper.bo.lus/, [iˈpɛrbolus]

Proper noun

Hyperbolus m sg (genitive Hyperbolī); second declension

1. An Athenian politician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hyperbolus
genitive	Hyperbolī
dative	Hyperbolō
accusative	Hyperbolum
ablative	Hyperbolō
vocative	Hyperbole

References

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