Ἀθήνη
See also: Ἀθήνῃ
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Ἀθάνα (Athána) — Doric
- Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ) — Attic
- Ἀθηναία (Athēnaía) — Poetic
- Ἀθάνα, Ἀσάνα (Athána, Asána) — Laconian
Etymology edit
Uncertain; possibly from a lost Pre-Greek language.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈtʰe̝.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈθi.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈθi.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈθi.ni/
Proper noun edit
Ᾰ̓θήνη • (Athḗnē) f (genitive Ᾰ̓θήνης); first declension
Inflection edit
Only the singular forms are shown; for the plural forms, which refer to the city named after Athena, see Ἀθῆναι (Athênai).
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Ἀθήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἀθήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Ἀθήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀθήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003