SaveGender Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Ξανθιππη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. KSAN-TEEP-PEH(Classical Greek) zan-TIP-ee(English) zan-THIP-ee(English) [key · IPA]
Meaning & History
Feminine form of XANTHIPPOS. This was the name of the wife of Socrates. Because of her supposedly argumentative nature, the name has been adopted (in the modern era) as a word for a scolding, ill-tempered woman.
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Sources & References
- Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/publications/index.html
