Hippo

From Ancient Greek Ἱππών (Hippṓn).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɪp.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈip.po]

Hippō m sg (genitive Hippōnis); third declension

1. The name of several cities in the Hellenistic world, especially:
   1. Hippo Regius (an ancient city, famed home of St Augustine, near modern Annaba, Algeria)
   2. Hippo Diarrhytus, now known as Bizerte (a city in modern Tunisia)
2. The name of a Greek woman, mentioned by Valerius Maximus, famous for her chastity.

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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