ἀθερίνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀθερῖνος (atherînos)

Etymology

From ἀθήρ (athḗr, “awn; barb; spine or prickle of a fish”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰe.rǐː.nɛː/ → /a.θeˈri.ni/ → /a.θeˈri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰe.rǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tʰeˈri.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.θeˈri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.θeˈri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.θeˈri.ni/

Noun

ἀθερῑ́νη • (atherī́nē) f (genitive ἀθερῑ́νης); first declension

1. sandsmelt, any small fish in the genus Atherina

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀθερῑ́νη; τῆς ἀθερῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀθερῑ́νη hē atherī́nē	τὼ ἀθερῑ́νᾱ tṑ atherī́nā	αἱ ἀθερῖναι hai atherînai
Genitive	τῆς ἀθερῑ́νης tês atherī́nēs	τοῖν ἀθερῑ́ναιν toîn atherī́nain	τῶν ἀθερῑνῶν tôn atherīnôn
Dative	τῇ ἀθερῑ́νῃ têi atherī́nēi	τοῖν ἀθερῑ́ναιν toîn atherī́nain	ταῖς ἀθερῑ́ναις taîs atherī́nais
Accusative	τὴν ἀθερῑ́νην tḕn atherī́nēn	τὼ ἀθερῑ́νᾱ tṑ atherī́nā	τᾱ̀ς ἀθερῑ́νᾱς tā̀s atherī́nās
Vocative	ἀθερῑ́νη atherī́nē	ἀθερῑ́νᾱ atherī́nā	ἀθερῖναι atherînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αθερίνα (atherína)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: آترینه (aterina)
    • Turkish: aterina
  • → Romanian: aterină
• → Translingual: Atherina
  • → English: atherine

Further reading

• “ἀθερίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀθερίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀθερίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)