Ἀτλαντίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās, “Atlas”) +‎ -ῐς (-is).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tlan.tís/ → /a.tlanˈtis/ → /a.tlanˈdis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tlan.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tlanˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.tlanˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.tlanˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.tlanˈdis/

Proper noun

Ἀτλᾰντῐ́ς • (Atlantís) f (genitive Ἀτλᾰντῐ́δος); third declension

1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Atlantis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἀτλᾰντῐ́ς; τῆς Ἀτλᾰντῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀτλᾰντῐ́ς hē Atlantís
Genitive	τῆς Ἀτλᾰντῐ́δος tês Atlantídos
Dative	τῇ Ἀτλᾰντῐ́δῐ têi Atlantídi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀτλᾰντῐ́δᾰ tḕn Atlantída
Vocative	Ἀτλᾰντῐ́ς Atlantís
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Ατλαντίς (Atlantís), Ατλαντίδα (Atlantída)
• Latin: Atlantis
  • Chinese: 阿特蘭蒂斯／阿特兰蒂斯 (Ātèlándìsī)
  • English: Atlantis
  • Japanese: アトランティス (Atorantisu)
• Russian: Атланти́да (Atlantída)
• Serbo-Croatian: Атланти́да
• Ukrainian: Атланти́да (Atlantýda)

References

• “Ἀτλαντίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003