Atys

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Atys m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Haminoeidae – certain sea snails.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄτυς (Átus), itself from Lydian [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tyːs/, [ˈäːt̪yːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tis/, [ˈäːt̪is]

Proper noun

Ātȳs m sg (genitive Ātyis); third declension

1. A Lydian name, one of the two children of Croesus
2. A mythical pre-Roman king, Atys of Alba Longa

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ātȳs
Genitive	Ātyos
Dative	Ātyī
Accusative	Ātyn
Ablative	Ātye
Vocative	Ātȳ

References

• “Atys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Atys in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.