English

Proper noun

Hannibal ‎(plural Hannibals)

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

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• Annibal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)anːibal/

Proper noun

Hannibal m ‎(genitive Hannibalis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: Hannibal
• Italian: Annibale

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Hannibal”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Hannibal m

1. Alternative form of Aníbal