Ἀθήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from a lost Pre-Greek language. Neumann suggests a Lydian origin.

Alternative forms

• Ἀθάνα (Athána) (Doric)
• Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ) (Attic)
• Ἀθηναία (Athēnaía) (Poetic)
• Ἀσάνα (Asána) (Doric)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /aˈθi.ni/ → /aˈθi.ni/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰe.ne/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ni/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ni/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ni/

Proper noun

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

1. Athena
2. An older name for Athens

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓θήνη; τῆς Ᾰ̓θήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓θήνη hē Athḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓θήνης tês Athḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓θήνῃ têi Athḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓θήνην tḕn Athḗnēn
Vocative	Ᾰ̓θήνη Athḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ᾰ̓θῆναι (Athênai)

Descendants

• English: Athena
• Greek: Αθήνη (Athíni)
• Latin: Athēna

References

• 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 (© 2006–2017)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003