Hypatia
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editFrom Latin Hypatia, from Ancient Greek Ὑπατία (Hupatía), from ὕπατος (húpatos, “highest, best”).
Proper noun
editHypatia
- A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek]
- (Should we delete(+) this sense?) (historical) Hypatia of Alexandria (born c. AD 350–370; died 415), an Ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria.
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