Ἀτρυτώνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally held to be from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) +‎ τρῡ́ω (trū́ō, “to tire out, wear out”) + a derivative of -τος (-tos), thus ‘the unwearied one, the indefatigable one’.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tryː.tɔ̌ː.nɛː/ → /a.tryˈto.ni/ → /a.triˈto.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tryː.tɔ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tryˈto.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.tryˈto.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.tryˈto.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.triˈto.ni/

Noun

Ἀτρῡτώνη • (Atrūtṓnē) f (genitive Ἀτρῡτώνης); first declension

1. epithet of Athena

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ἀτρῡτώνη; τῆς Ἀτρῡτώνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀτρῡτώνη hē Atrūtṓnē
Genitive	τῆς Ἀτρῡτώνης tês Atrūtṓnēs
Dative	τῇ Ἀτρῡτώνῃ têi Atrūtṓnēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀτρῡτώνην tḕn Atrūtṓnēn
Vocative	Ἀτρῡτώνη Atrūtṓnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Atrytone

Further reading

• “Ἀτρυτώνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀτρυτώνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀτρυτώνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “Ἀτρυτώνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press