Παρθενών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρθενών (parthenṓn, “women's chamber”), from παρθένος (parthénos, “maid, young woman”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn/ → /par.θeˈnon/ → /par.θeˈnon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /par.tʰeˈnon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /par.θeˈnon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /par.θeˈnon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /par.θeˈnon/

Proper noun

Παρθενών • (Parthenṓn) m (genitive Παρθενῶνος); third declension

1. Parthenon, the famous temple to Athena which resides in Athens.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Παρθενών; τοῦ Παρθενῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Παρθενών ho Parthenṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Παρθενῶνος toû Parthenônos
Dative	τῷ Παρθενῶνῐ tôi Parthenôni
Accusative	τὸν Παρθενῶνᾰ tòn Parthenôna
Vocative	Παρθενών Parthenṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Παρθενώνας (Parthenónas), Παρθενών (Parthenón)
• Latin: Parthenōn
• Turkish: Partenon

Further reading

• “παρθενών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Proper noun

Παρθενών • (Parthenón)

1. The Parthenon is a temple of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens.