Hanno

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Estonian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Hanno

  1. a male given name

German[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Hanno

  1. a diminutive of the male given names Johann or Johannes
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 5, in Buddenbrooks [] [1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 7, page 405:
      Sie waren im Rechte damit, und es ist zuzugeben, daß Hanno – dies war der Rufname, den Frau Senator Buddenbrook für ihren Sohn eingeführt hatte []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Common Carthaginian name, from Punic 𐤇‬𐤍‬𐤀 (ḥ‬n‬ʾ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Hannō m sg (genitive Hannōnis); third declension

  1. a male given name, character in the play Poenulus of Plautus
  2. The name of various Carthaginian commanders

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hannō
Genitive Hannōnis
Dative Hannōnī
Accusative Hannōnem
Ablative Hannōne
Vocative Hannō

Descendants[edit]

  • Ancient Greek: Ἄννων (Ánnōn)
  • Italian: Annone

References[edit]

  • Hanno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hanno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Huss, Werner (1985), Geschichte der Karthager, Munich: C.H. Beck, p. 565