Ἀθήνη

See also: Ἀθήνῃ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown; likely from a lost Pre-Greek language given the variations seen in this word and Ἀττικός (Attikós).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓θήνη • (Ăthḗnē) f (genitive Ᾰ̓θήνης); first declension

  1. Athena
  2. An older name for Athens

Inflection

Only the singular forms are shown; for the plural forms, which refer to the city named after Athena, see Ἀθῆναι (Athênai).

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓θήνη; τῆς Ᾰ̓θήνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ᾰ̓θήνη
hē Ăthḗnē
Genitive τῆς Ᾰ̓θήνης
tês Ăthḗnēs
Dative τῇ Ᾰ̓θήνῃ
tēî Ăthḗnēi
Accusative τὴν Ᾰ̓θήνην
tḕn Ăthḗnēn
Vocative Ᾰ̓θήνη
Ăthḗnē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Athena
  • Greek: Αθήνη (Athíni)
  • → Latin: Athēna
  • → German: Athene
  • → Polish: Atena

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “Ἀθήνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29

Further reading

  • “Ἀθήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ἀθήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Ἀθήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἀθήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
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