Ξανθίππη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξᾰνθός (xanthós, “yellow”) +‎ ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ξᾰνθῐ́ππη • (Xanthíppē) f (genitive Ξᾰνθῐ́ππης); first declension

  1. a female given name: Xanthippe

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ξᾰνθῐ́ππη; τῆς Ξᾰνθῐ́ππης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ξᾰνθῐ́ππη
hē Xanthíppē
Genitive τῆς Ξᾰνθῐ́ππης
tês Xanthíppēs
Dative τῇ Ξᾰνθῐ́ππῃ
têi Xanthíppēi
Accusative τὴν Ξᾰνθῐ́ππην
tḕn Xanthíppēn
Vocative Ξᾰνθῐ́ππη
Xanthíppē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ξανθίππη (Xanthíppi)
  • → English: Xanthippe
  • Latin: Xanthippē
  • Russian: Ксантиппа (Ksantippa)

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ξανθίππη (Xanthíppē, “Xanthippe”).

Proper noun

Ξανθίππη • (Xanthíppi) f

  1. a female given name, Xanthippe

Declension
  Ξανθίππη
case     \     number singular
nominative Ξανθίππη •
genitive Ξανθίππης •
accusative Ξανθίππη •
vocative Ξανθίππη •

Further reading
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