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Hippias

Hippias · m

A son of Pisistratus tyrant of Athens

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Hippias — Lewis & Short

Hippias, ae, m., = *(ippi/as.

I A son of Pisistratus tyrant of Athens, and brother of Hipparchus, after whose assassination he fled to the Persians; he fell in the battle of Marathon, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3; Gell. 9, 2, 10.—
II A famous sophist of Elis in the time of Socrates, Cic. Brut. 8, 30; 85, 292; id. de Or. 3, 32, 127 al.
III A famous painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 141.

In the wild

6 of 39 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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