Hipponium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱππώνιον (Hippṓnion).

Pronunciation

(Classical) 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

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

Declension

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

Case	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

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