Xanthippe

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Pronounced： [ ksahn-teep-pe (Ancient Greek), zan-TIP-ee (English) ]
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Usage：Ancient Greek

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.

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

GREEK: Xanthippi

MASCULINE FORMS

ANCIENT GREEK: Xanthippos