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A given name in Italian, Hungarian and 1 more
[aˈɡrip.pa] · Latin (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
01 / Meaning & origin
Agrippa is a masculine given name documented in Italian, Hungarian and Latin.
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Agrippa < αρχαία ελληνική Ἀγρίππας
De origen incierto. Se deriva posiblemente del griego antiguo ἄγριος (ágrios, 'salvaje') y ἵππος (híppos, 'caballo'), o alternativamente de principio etrusco.
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04 / Through time
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AGRIPPA— “born with the feet foremost”
Agrippa was not well understood by the Romans themselves, though they settled that it meant one born with his feet foremost. The explanation we quote from Professor Aufrecht: “He (Gellius) ascribes to that preposterous birth all the calamities which befell the world through Agrippa’s ill-starred descendants. ‘To fall on one’s feet’ was therefore no auspicious event in Italy. But how can we possibly reconcile that signification with the etymology? I think the legs peep out of…
Agrippa was not well understood by the Romans themselves, though they settled that it meant one born with his feet foremost. The explanation we quote from Professor Aufrecht: “He (Gellius) ascribes to that preposterous birth all the calamities which befell the world through Agrippa’s ill-starred descendants. ‘To fall on one’s feet’ was therefore no auspicious event in Italy. But how can we possibly reconcile that signification with the etymology? I think the legs peep out of the _pp_, and that _ppa_ is probably a contraction of _peda_. In Greek Ἀκρόπους means only ‘the beginning or tip of the foot;’ but it might as well have signified an individual, who, on entering this shaky world of ours, philosophically chose to take a firm ‘stand-point,’ rather than begin by a foolish act, and plunge into it headlong.” It was at first a prænomen, but became a cognomen in the clan of Menenius and of many others. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was the friend and son-in-law of Augustus. From him the Herods called themselves Agrippa; and his daughter was the first of those ladies named Agrippina, whose tragic stories mark the early years of the Roman empire.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section I · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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King of Judaea (11 BC-44 AD) (r. 41-44 AD)
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