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Hipponax

Hipponax · m

a Greek poet of Ephesus

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Where it lives

de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

Hippōnax — Lewis & Short

Hippōnax, actis, m., = *(ippw/nac,

I a Greek poet of Ephesus, who wrote in iambics, celebrated for the bitterness of his satires, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12. —

II Deriv.: Hippōnactēus, a, um, adj., of Hipponax, in the style of Hipponax, Hipponactean: praeconium, i. e. a bitter, biting poem (of Licinius Calvus), Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1.—Subst.: Hippōnacteus, i, m. (sc. versus), the sort of iambic verse invented by Hipponax: senarios et Hipponacteos effugere vix possumus, Cic. Or. 56, 189.

In the wild

Hipponactis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.5.p1
Hipponax Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.5.p1
Hipponacti Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.5.p1
Hipponactis Cicero, de Natura Deorum 3.91

Where it came from

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