Ἀθάμας

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰá.maːs/ → /aˈθa.mas/ → /aˈθa.mas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰá.maːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰa.mas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.mas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.mas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.mas/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓θᾰ́μᾱς • (Athámās) m (genitive Ᾰ̓θᾰ́μᾰντος); third declension

1. Athamas, mythological king of the Minyans, with his seat in Orchomenos
   • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 7 197:

     ὡς Ἀθάμας ὁ Αἰόλου ἐμηχανήσατο Φρίξῳ μόρον σὺν Ἰνοῖ βουλεύσας

     hōs Athámas ho Aiólou emēkhanḗsato Phríxōi móron sùn Inoî bouleúsas

     • 1920 translation by A. D. Godly

       namely how Athamas son of Aeolus plotted Phrixus' death with Ino.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓θᾰ́μᾱς; τοῦ Ᾰ̓θᾰ́μᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓θᾰ́μᾱς ho Athámās
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓θᾰ́μᾰντος toû Athámantos
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓θᾰ́μᾰντῐ tôi Athámanti
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓θᾰ́μᾰντᾰ tòn Athámanta
Vocative	Ᾰ̓θᾰ́μᾰν Atháman
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αθάμας (Athámas); Αθάμαντας (Athámantas)
• Latin: Athamās

References

• Ἀθάμας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Ἀθάμας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Ἀθάμας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
• Ἀθάμας - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.