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Hippōnax , actis, m., = Ἱππώναξ,
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.24.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 36.12
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.38
    • Cicero, Orator, 56.189
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