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Meaning of "Hippolytus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIPPOLYTUS

Hippolytus  [hɪˈpɒlɪtəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIPPOLYTUS

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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Hippolytus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIPPOLYTUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Hippolytus in the English dictionary

The definition of Hippolytus in the dictionary is a son of Theseus, killed after his stepmother Phaedra falsely accused him of raping her.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIPPOLYTUS


apparatus
ˌæpəˈreɪtəs
coitus
ˈkəʊɪtəs
comitatus
ˌkɒmɪˈteɪtəs
cubitus
ˈkjuːbɪtəs
detritus
dɪˈtraɪtəs
duplicitous
djuːˈplɪsɪtəs
emeritus
ɪˈmɛrɪtəs
gratuitous
ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs
halitous
ˈhælɪtəs
halitus
ˈhælɪtəs
heteroclitous
ˌhetəˈrɒklɪtəs
hiatus
haɪˈeɪtəs
impetus
ˈɪmpɪtəs
situs
ˈsaɪtəs
status
ˈsteɪtəs
stratus
ˈstreɪtəs
tinnitus
ˈtɪnɪtəs
Titus
ˈtaɪtəs
ubiquitous
juːˈbɪkwɪtəs
Vitus
ˈvaɪtəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIPPOLYTUS

Hippocrates
Hippocratic
Hippocratic facies
Hippocratic oath
Hippocratical
Hippocrene
Hippocrenian
hippocrepian
hippodrome
hippodromic
hippogriff
hippogryph
hippologist
hippology
Hippolyta
Hippolyte
hippomanes
Hippomenes

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIPPOLYTUS

arbutus
Augustus
Benedictus
Brutus
cactus
diabetes mellitus
eucalyptus
fetus
foetus
Golgi apparatus
heating apparatus
Homo erectus
ictus
lotus
marital status
Pilatus
prospectus
Sanctus
Scotus
spiritus

Synonyms and antonyms of Hippolytus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Hippolytus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIPPOLYTUS

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The translations of Hippolytus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hippolytus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

希波吕托斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hipólito
570 millions of speakers

English

Hippolytus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Hippolytus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هيبوليتوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ипполит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hipólito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Hippolytus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Hippolyte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hippolytus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hippolyt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒッポリュトス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

히폴리투스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hippolytus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hippolytus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹிப்போலிட்டஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिप्पोलीनेटस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hippolitus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ippolito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hipolit
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Іполит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hippolytus
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ιππόλυτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hippolytus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hippolytos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hippolyt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hippolytus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIPPOLYTUS»

The term «Hippolytus» is regularly used and occupies the 76.092 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIPPOLYTUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hippolytus

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QUOTES WITH «HIPPOLYTUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Hippolytus.
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Mike Nichols
You want to make money, remake 'Cinderella.' You want to move people, remake the Hippolytus and Phaedra myth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIPPOLYTUS»

Discover the use of Hippolytus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hippolytus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Euripides: Hippolytus. Suppliant women. Helen. Electra. Cyclops
One of the Penn Greek Drama Series, this volume, the second of four projected for the series of plays by Euripides, contains three tragedies plus HELEN, which could be called a romantic comedy, and CYCLOPS, the so-called satyr play of ...
Euripides, David R. Slavitt, Smith Palmer Bovie, 1998
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Hippolytus and the Roman Church in the Third Century: ...
An analysis of the hierarchical tensions witnessed by the Hippolytan literature in early third century Rome, in a period critical both for the development of Church Order and embryonic Trinitarian orthodoxy.
Allen Brent, 1995
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Hippolytus
Hippolytus. Attendants. Phædra. Nurse. Theseus. Messenger. Diana. Chorus of Trœzenian Dames. The Argument. Theseus was the son of Othra andNeptune, andkingofthe Athenians; and having married Hippolyta, one of the Amazons, ...
Euripides, 2013
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Heresiography in Context: Hippolytus' Elenchos As a Source ...
This book deals with the reception of the Presocratics, Plato and Aristotle in the first centuries CE, and is a major contribution to our knowledge of the various currents in Pre-Neoplatonic Greek philosophy.
Jaap Mansfeld, 1992
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The Hippolytus of Euripides
Part of the Pitt Press Series, this 1889 book provides the complete text of Hippolytus in the original Ancient Greek.
W. S. Hadley, 2012
6
Hippolytus Temporizes & Ion: Adaptations of Two Plays by ...
Brilliant reworkings of Euripides' classic dramas by the great modernist poet now together in one volume for the first time.
Hilda Doolittle, 1927
7
Hippolytus & The Bacchae
The Ancient Greek Euripides wrote the play Hippolytus, a tragedy based on the myth of the son of Theseus, Hippolytus.
Euripides, 2009
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The Trojan Women and Hippolytus
Played out against the ruined walls of Troy, The Trojan Women — one of the most powerful indictments of war ever written — grimly recounts the murder of the innocent, the desecration of shrines, and the enslavement of Trojan women.
Euripides, 2012
9
The Treatise on the Apostolic Tradition of St Hippolytus of ...
This book brings out the value of this treatise for the study of early Christian institutions, and the spirit of the primitive Church
Henry Chadwick, Gregory Dix, 2013
10
Medea: Hippolytus ; Electra ; Helen
Medea, Hippolytus, and Electra give dramatic articulacy to their creator's howl of protest against the world in which we still live today. His Helen shows him working in a different vein.
Euripides, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIPPOLYTUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hippolytus is used in the context of the following news items.
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In 'Kinship,' obsession, revenge, and other primal instincts
In the play, not only does this powerful queen admit to her illicit infatuation for Hippolytus, but when she finds out he's in love with another ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
2
Never scorn a goddess
Although Hippolytus will also be performed as part of the Festival, this production is driven by Cypriot actor Neoklis Neokleous in the director's ... «Cyprus Mail, Jul 15»
3
THOC to stage Hippolytus at ancient amphitheatre in Salamis
The ancient Greek tragedy “Hippolytus” by Euripides will be staged on July 28 by the Theatre Organisation of Cyprus (THOC) at the ancient ... «Cyprus Mail, Jul 15»
4
Phaedra's spell: a beleaguered woman turned heroine
Tackling Euripides' Phaedra (the Greek mythology character who, married to Theseus, falls in love with Hippolytus, Theseus' son born by either ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Jul 15»
5
Racing vets aim at first Queen's Plate win
... winner in six starts, will be ridden for the first time by Tyler Pizarro, who finished second for Casse in the 2011 Plate aboard Hippolytus. «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
6
What a drama
It's followed by Spanish company Induo Teatro Producciones' take on Euripides' Hippolytus Kalyptomenos; a play mostly lost to the ravages of ... «Cyprus Mail, Jun 15»
7
Come to Mischief Blasts Off in My Dear
Added co-owner Harvey Swartz, of Horse'n Around Racing, “Four years ago, Tyler (Pizarro) came in second (for us) with Hippolytus in the ... «Horse Racing Nation, Jun 15»
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Christmas comes early as we celebrate the birth of St John
... usurped pagan festivals – those festivals arrived more than a century and a half AFTER the first records [Hippolytus etc] of Our Lord's birthday ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jun 15»
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Is Jesus Christ a myth? Part 4 - Historical record if any!
... Julius Africanus, Tertullian, Hippolytus and Orgen in the third century, and Methodius and Pseudo-Eustathius in the early fourth century who ... «News24, Jun 15»
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Hans Werner Henze: the Ed Miliband of opera
... a headache-inducing treatment of the Phaedra myth, which incorporates both the prequel about the Minotaur and a sequel about Hippolytus. «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hippolytus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hippolytus>. May 2024 ».
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