atheos

Latin

Alternative forms

• atheus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (atheos, “godless, without God”).

Noun

atheos (genitive atheī); m, second declension

1. an atheist, one that does not believe in God
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De natura deorum, 1.63

     quid Diagoras atheos qui dictus est […]

     Diagoras, who is called an atheist, […]

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	atheos	atheī
genitive	atheī	atheōrum
dative	atheō	atheīs
accusative	atheon1	atheōs
ablative	atheō	atheīs
vocative	athee	atheī

¹ Or atheum.