Hippokrates

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A form of Hippocrates — A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs), notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine".

OriginAncient Greek Ἱπποκράτης →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Hippocrates.

    Delium, Hippokrates’s march to, and fortification of, b.c. 424, ii. 681; battle of, b.c. 424, ii. 685; siege and capture of, by the Bœotians, b.c. 424, ii. 689; Sokrates and Alkiblades at the battle of, ii. 690.

    1849, George Grote, “Index”, in A History of Greece from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation Contemporary with Alexander the Great. […], volume IV, New York, N.Y.: W[illiam] L. Allison Co., […], →OCLC, page 826
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    Gela and Syracuse made a treaty, which included a clause that Kamarina, for hundreds of years a colony of Syracuse, should be handed back by Hippokrates. After reigning as long as his brother, Hippokrates was killed near Hybla, fighting the Sicilians. Now Gelon, pretending to help Hippokrates’ sons to punish their rebellious subjects, waited for an opportunity to seize power himself.

    1959, Herodotus, translated by Kenneth Cavander, “Greece Prepares”, in The Struggle for Greece, London: The Folio Society, published 1960 (2nd impression), →OCLC, page 64

    Unlike Thessalos, the name Hippokrates displays a slight spike in popularity only in the third century BC. This suggests that the popularity of Thessalos is not related solely to a desire to evoke medically significant names, since that would affect the popularity of Hippokrates equally.

    2024, Emma Aston, “Re-creations of Thessaly in the early Hellenistic period”, in Blessed Thessaly: The Identities of a Place and Its People from the Archaic Period to the Hellenistic (Liverpool Studies in Ancient History), Liverpool, Merseyside: Liverpool University Press, →ISBN, page 382

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekἹπποκράτης
  2. Ancient GreekἹπποκράτης
  3. EnglishHippokrates

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs).

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Hippokrates. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hippokrates

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