Xanthippe

Signification (Anglais)

An ill-tempered woman.

Concepts

Xanthippe

Synonymes

shrew

vixen

Traductions

Santippe

Ξανθίππη

megera

feeks

furie

haaibaai

helleveeg

megera

tang

wijf

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xantippe

Xanthippe

Xântipe

Xanthippe

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/zænˈθɪpi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin Xanthippē or its etymon Ancient Greek Ξανθίππη (Xanthíppē), the name of Socrates’ wife, from ξανθός (xanthós, “blond; golden, yellow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas- (“blond; grey; white”)) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (“horse; swift (?)”)). She is described as shrewish in Xenophon’s Symposium, though the same work states that Socrates chose her precisely because of her argumentative spirit. In Xenophon’s Memorabilia and Phaedo by Plato she is depicted as a devoted wife and mother.