Xanthippi

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Meaning & History：

Modern Greek form of XANTHIPPE.

XANTHIPPE female Ancient Greek

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.

XANTHIPPOS male Ancient Greek

From the Greek elements ξανθος (xanthos) "yellow" and ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse". This was the name of a 5th-century BC Athenian general.

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EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GREEK: Xanthippe

MASCULINE FORMS

ANCIENT GREEK: Xanthippos