Hippolytus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hippolytus in British English:
UK [hiˈpɔlitəs]
How to pronounce Hippolytus in American English:
US [hɪˈpɑlɪtəs]
Word Origin
- Hippolytus
- masc. proper name, son of Theseus in Greek mythology, from Greek Hippolytos, literally "letting horses loose," from hippos "horse" (see equine) + stem of lyein (see lose).
Example
- 1. Hippolytus says that they argued on holy scripture in syllogistic form .
- 2. If racine chose to write his own version of euripedes 's hippolytus as he did it was no rip-off or piece of cultural parasitism .
- 3. Hippolytus was equally inclined to severity .
- 4. Her worship seems to be hostile to sexual experience , that is , hippolytus has privileged access to her , he can speak with her but cannot see her , and this access seems to be connected with the virtue of chastity .
- 5. We should probably assume , with harnack , that hippolytus would have had less objection to the study of plato or the stoics , and that he disliked their purely literal exegesis , which neglected the allegorical sense .