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Hannibal

a Punic surname. The most celebrated of the name is Hannibal

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Where it lives

Hannibal 21 · 102.64/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 17s 1 · 83.33/10k
Hamilcar 4 · 77.37/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 21 114 · 73.29/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 97 · 66/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 87 · 50.65/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 86 · 49.49/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 53 · 36.57/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 30 48 · 35.44/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 57 · 33.69/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 47 · 33.23/10k
De Regibus 1 · 22.57/10k

Densest 12 of 80 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Hannĭbal — Lewis & Short

Hannĭbal (Annibal), ălis (ālis, *)anni/bas [Phoen.],

Enn. Sat. 14 Vahl.), =

I a Punic surname. The most celebrated of the name is Hannibal, son of Hamilcar, the leader of the Carthaginians in the second Punic war, Nep. Han. 1 al.; Liv. 21, 1 al.; Hor. C. 4, 8, 16; Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210 al.: et Romani suum Hannibalem habent, Liv. 27, 16, 10. —Prov.: Hannibal ad portas, of imminent and great danger, Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22: Mithridates, odio in Romanos Hannibal, a Hannibal, Vell. 2, 18, 1.

In the wild

Hannibal Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.6.7
Hannibal Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum index.p133
Hannibal Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 21 p21
Hannibalem Cornelius Nepos, De Regibus 3.p2
Hannibal Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.27.2.9
Hannibali Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 3.8.2

6 of 1,895 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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