Hannibal

English

Etymology

From Latin Hannibal, a rendering of Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (ḥnbʿl /ḥannībaʿl/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhænɪbəl/

Proper noun

Hannibal (countable and uncountable, plural Hannibals)

A male given name from Punic of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, son of Hamilcar.
A city in Missouri.

Translations

name

Arabic: حنبعل‎ m (Hanba’l)
Armenian: Հաննիբալ (Hannibal)
Dutch: Hannibal
Esperanto: Hanibalo
Faroese: Hannibal m
French: Annibal, Hannibal
German: Hannibal (de)
Greek: Αννίβας (el) m (Annívas)
Ancient: Ἀννίβας m (Anníbas)
Icelandic: Hannibal (is) m
Italian: Annibale (it) m
Latin: Hannibal m
Portuguese: Aníbal (pt) m
Russian: Ганниба́л (ru) m (Gannibál)
Spanish: Aníbal (es) m

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Hannibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (ḥnbʿl /ḥannībaʿl/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).

Proper noun

Hannibal m

Hannibal

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Hannibal
Accusative	Hannibal
Dative	Hannibali
Genitive	Hannibals

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin Hannibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (ḥnbʿl /ḥannībaʿl/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).

Proper noun

Hannibal m

a male given name

Declension

declension of Hannibal

	indefinite
m-s1	singular
nominative	Hannibal
accusative	Hannibal
dative	Hannibal
genitive	Hannibals

Latin

Alternative forms

Annibal

Etymology

From Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋‎ (ḥnbʿl /ḥannībaʿl/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhan.ni.bal/, [ˈhänːɪbäɫ̪]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ni.bal/, [ˈänːibäl]

Proper noun

Hannibal m sg (genitive Hannibalis); third declension

A Carthaginian given name.
The Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

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

Descendants

English: Hannibal
Italian: Annibale
Portuguese: Aníbal
Spanish: Aníbal

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

Alternative form of Aníbal