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Hannibal|ˈhænɪbəl|
The name of the famous Carthaginian general, who fought against Rome in the third century b.c. Hence, allusively, a great general. (Also, in Shakes., humorously confounded with cannibal.) † Hannibal eye, a blind eye.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Navig. Ded. ⁋iii b, Were it not that I feare the censure of some politike Hanniball. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. i. 187 Proue this, thou wicked Hanniball. a1652R. Brome New Acad. iii. ii. in Wks. (1873) II. 58, I passe For a brisk youth, but for my Hannibal eye here.
Hence Hannibalian |hænɪˈbeɪlɪən|, Hannibalic |-ˈbælɪk| adjs., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Hannibal.
1678J. D. (title) The History of Appian..In Two Parts. The First consisting of the Punick..and Hannibalick Wars. 1862W. P. Dickson tr. Mommsen's Hist. Rome II. iii. vi. 189 Thus ended the second Punic, or as the Romans more correctly called it, the Hannibalic, war. 1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 444/2 In the year 202 b.c. the Second Punic, or, more properly, the Hannibalian War was at an end. 1886H. F. Lester Under two Fig Trees 135 And baby had registered a Hannibalic vow. 1934A. Toynbee Study Hist. II. v. 162 The advance of the Roman frontier..was a direct..consequence of the Hannibalic War itself. |