Meaning, origin and history of the name Hippolytos
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Gender Masculine
Usage Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Ἱππόλυτος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /hip.pó.ly.tos/(Classical Greek) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Means "freer of horses" from Greek ἵππος (hippos) meaning "horse" and λύω (luo) meaning "to loosen". In Greek legend he was the son of Theseus who was tragically loved by his stepmother Phaedra. This was also the name of a 3rd-century theologian, saint and martyr.
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Sources & References
- Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἱππόλυτος&facet-nymRef=῾Ιππόλυτος.
Entry updated October 6, 2024