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Hypatia

Hypatia

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A Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer from Alexandria who lived around 400 AD
  • proper noun
: Hipatia
  • "Hypatia, dear lady, I am most humbly sorry to be late for this interview," he said, slowly catching his breath.

Examples

  • Renowned for her teachings, Hypatia made significant contributions to mathematics and astronomy.

  • Around that time, there were Christian mobs that were putting to death hermetic scholars like Hypatia.

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  • Interesting in that both the head librarian, Hypatia, a female philosopher said to be fluent in more than a dozen languages, and the government of the Ptolemies, who built the libraries, were pagan.

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  • It is therefore very welcome that Hypatia has chosen to publish the papers resulting from a symposium on Kittay's book at the meeting of the Society for Women in Philosophy in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association's Eastern Division Meeting in December 2000.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Weir, Alison. "Global Feminism and Transformative Identity Politics." Hypatia 23.4 (2008): 110-33. Print.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Hypatia was a brilliant Hypatia was a brilliant mathematician and philosopher in ancient Alexandria.

  • Many scholars regard Hypatia as one of the first female mathematicians in history.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Hypatia comes from an old Greek root hypat- that means 'highest' or 'supreme', like the English word 'high', so the name fits a woman remembered for great learning and achievement.