Ἀθανάσιος

See also: Αθανάσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀθάνατος (athánatos, “immortal”) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰa.ná.si.os/ → /a.θaˈna.si.os/ → /a.θaˈna.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰa.ná.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tʰaˈna.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.θaˈna.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.θaˈna.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.θaˈna.si.os/

Proper noun

Ἀθᾰνάσῐος • (Athanásios) m (genitive Ἀθᾰνᾰσίου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Athanasius

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ἀ̆θᾰνᾰ́σῐος; τοῦ Ἀ̆θᾰνᾰσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀ̆θᾰνᾰ́σῐος ho Athanásios
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀ̆θᾰνᾰσῐ́ου toû Athanasíou
Dative	τῷ Ἀ̆θᾰνᾰσῐ́ῳ tôi Athanasíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀ̆θᾰνᾰ́σῐον tòn Athanásion
Vocative	Ἀ̆θᾰνᾰ́σῐε Athanásie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αθανάσιος (Athanásios)
• → Belarusian: Афана́сій (Afanásij)
• → Coptic: ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ (athanasios)
• → Latin: Athanasius
  • → English: Athanasius
  • → French: Athanase
• → Romanian: Atanasie, Tănase
• → Russian: Афана́сий (Afanásij)
• → Ukrainian: Опана́с (Opanás), Пана́с (Panás)

Further reading

• Ἀθανάσιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἀθανάσιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011