Hippōnax, actis, m., = Ἱππώναξ,
I a Greek poet of Ephesus , who wrote in iambics , celebrated for the bitterness of his satires , Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12. —
II Deriv.: Hippōnactēus , a, um, adj., of Hipponax , in the style of Hipponax , Hipponactean : praeconium, i. e. a bitter , biting poem (of Licinius Calvus), Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1.—Subst.: Hippōnacteus , i, m. (sc. versus), the sort of iambic verse invented by Hipponax : senarios et Hipponacteos effugere vix possumus, Cic. Or. 56, 189.