Hannibal

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Hannĭbal (Annibal), ălis (ālis, Enn. Sat. 14 Vahl.), = Ἀννίβας [Phoen.],

a Punic surname. The most celebrated of the name is Hannibal , son of Hamilcar , the leader of the Carthaginians in the second Punic war , Nep. Han. 1 al.; Liv. 21, 1 al.; Hor. C. 4, 8, 16; Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210 al.: et Romani suum Hannibalem habent, Liv. 27, 16, 10. —Prov.: Hannibal ad portas, of imminent and great danger, Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22: Mithridates, odio in Romanos Hannibal, a Hannibal , Vell. 2, 18, 1.

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