Hannibal

English

Etymology

From Latin Hannibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (ḥnbʿl), a compound of 𐤇𐤍‎ (ḥn, “grace”) and 𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (bʿl, “master”), originally meaning “grace of (the god) Baal”, “(the god) Baal has been gracious”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhænɪbəl/

Proper noun

Hannibal (countable and uncountable, plural Hannibals)

  1. A male given name of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca.
  2. A city in Missouri.

Translations

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Hannibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (ḥnbʿl), a compound of 𐤇𐤍‎ (ḥn, “grace”) and 𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (bʿl, “master”), originally meaning “grace of (the god) Baal”, “(the god) Baal has been gracious”.

Proper noun

Hannibal m

  1. Hannibal

Declension
Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Hannibal
Accusative Hannibal
Dative Hannibali
Genitive Hannibals

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Annibal

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhan.ni.bal/, [ˈhan.nɪ.baɫ]

Proper noun

Hannibal m (genitive Hannibalis); third declension

  1. A Carthaginian given name.
  2. The Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Hannibal
Genitive Hannibalis
Dative Hannibalī
Accusative Hannibalem
Ablative Hannibale
Vocative Hannibal

Descendants

References
  • Hannibal in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hannibal in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Hannibal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Proper noun

Hannibal m

  1. Alternative form of Aníbal
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