Hanno

See also: hanno and Hán nô

Estonian

Proper noun

Hanno

  1. a male given name

German

Proper noun

Hanno

  1. a diminutive of the male given names Johann or Johannes
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 5, in Buddenbrooks [] [1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 7, page 405:
      Sie waren im Rechte damit, und es ist zuzugeben, daß Hanno – dies war der Rufname, den Frau Senator Buddenbrook für ihren Sohn eingeführt hatte []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Latin

Etymology

Common Carthaginian name, from Punic 𐤇‬𐤍‬𐤀 (ḥ‬n‬ʾ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hannō m sg (genitive Hannōnis); third declension

  1. a male given name, character in the play Poenulus of Plautus
  2. The name of various Carthaginian commanders

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Hannō
genitive Hannōnis
dative Hannōnī
accusative Hannōnem
ablative Hannōne
vocative Hannō

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Ἄννων (Ánnōn)
  • Italian: Annone

References

  • Hanno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hanno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Huss, Werner (1985), Geschichte der Karthager, Munich: C.H. Beck, p. 565