Ἀθῆναι

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Alternative forms

• Ἀθᾶναι (Doric)

Etymology

Plural of Ἀθήνη (“Athena”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /atʰɛ́͜ɛnă͜ɪ̆/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /atʰéːnɛ/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /aθíne/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /aθíne/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /aθíne/

Proper noun

Ἀθῆναι (genitive Ἀθηνῶν) f, first declension; (Athēnai)

1. Athens.

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ἀθήνη	αἱ Ἀθῆναι
Genitive	τῆς Ἀθήνης	τῶν Ἀθηνῶν
Dative	τῇ Ἀθήνῃ	ταῖς Ἀθήναις
Accusative	τὴν Ἀθήνην	τὰς Ἀθήνᾱς
Vocative	Ἀθήνη	Ἀθῆναι

Usage notes

While the city name is plural from the Classical period on, Homer uses a singular form: Ἀθήνη.

Derived terms

• Ἀθήναζε
• Ἀθήναια
• Ἀθηναῖος
• Ἀθηναϊσταί
• Ἀθήνηθεν
• Ἀθήνησιν
• Ἀθηνιάω
• Ἀθηνόθεν

Descendants

• Albanian: Athina
• Arabic: أثينا (ʼAṯīnā)
• Armenian: Աթենք (At'enk')
• Aromanian: Athena
• Azeri: Afina
• Bulgarian: Атина (Atina)
• English: Athens
• French: Athènes
• German: Athen
• Greek: Αθήνα (Athína)
• Hebrew: אתונה (Atuna)
• Italian: Atene
• Latin: Athenae
• Macedonian: Атина (Atina)
• Persian: آتن (Aten)
• Romanian: Atena
• Russian: Афины (Afiny)
• Serbo-Croatian: Атена, Atena
• Sicilian: Ateni
• Turkish: Atina
• Ukrainian: Афіни (Afiny)
• Venetian: Atene

References

• Strong's Concordance number: G116
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1003