Αἴτνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Suggested connection with Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”), with dʰ > t through Sicule dialect. If so, then cognate with Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), Latin aestus (“hot”), aestās (“summer”), possibly aedis (“shrine, temple”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tnɛː/ → /ˈɛ.tni/ → /ˈe.tni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tnɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.tni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.tni/

Proper noun

Αἴτνη • (Aítnē) f (genitive Αἴτνης); first declension

1. Mount Etna
2. (Greek mythology) Aetna (Sicilian nymph)
3. Aetna (an ancient city in Sicily)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Αἴτνη; τῆς Αἴτνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Αἴτνη hē Aítnē
Genitive	τῆς Αἴτνης tês Aítnēs
Dative	τῇ Αἴτνῃ têi Aítnēi
Accusative	τὴν Αἴτνην tḕn Aítnēn
Vocative	Αἴτνη Aítnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Αἰτναῖος (Aitnaîos)

Descendants

• → Latin: Aetna (see there for more)

References

• Αἴτνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010