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

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄθως (Áthōs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. the mountain Athos

Declension

Second-declension noun (highly irregular, Greek-type), singular only.

singular
nominative Athōs
genitive Athō
dative Athō
accusative Athō
Athōn
ablative Athō
vocative Athōs

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)