Athos

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄθως (Áthōs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.θɒs/

Proper noun

Athos

1. (Greek mythology) one of the Gigantes
2. A peninsula in Greece containing Mount Athos

Related terms

• New Athos

Translations

one of the Gigantes

• Greek: Άθως (el) m (Áthos)

  Ancient: Ἄθως m (Áthōs)

peninsula containing Mount Athos

• Dutch: Athos (nl) m
• French: Athos (fr) m
• German: Athos (de) m
• Greek: Άθως (el) m (Áthos)

  Ancient: Ἄθως m (Áthōs)

• Italian: Athos (it) m
• Portuguese: Atos m
• Spanish: Athos m

Further reading

• Athos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• HATOs, HOTAS, Shota, has to, hoast, hosta, oaths, shoat, shota

Latin

Alternative forms

• Athō, Athōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄθως (Áthōs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tʰoːs/, [ˈät̪ʰoːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tos/, [ˈäːt̪os]

Proper noun

Athōs m sg (irregular, genitive Athō); second declension

1. the mountain Athos

Declension

Indeclinable noun, with nominative in -ōs and accusative either in -ō or -ōn

Case	Singular
Nominative	Athōs
Genitive	Athō
Dative	Athō
Accusative	Athō Athōn
Ablative	Athō
Vocative	Athō

References

• “Athos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Athos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  Athon Atho, Athon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Athos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Athos” in Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch
• “Athos” in PONS Latein-Deutsch
• Hermann Venedig: Die lateinische Formenlehre, nach den besten neueren Latinisten. Wien, 1845, page 10
• “Athos” on page 196/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)