Ἄτλας

See also: άτλας and Άτλας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-, the root of ἔτλην (étlēn, “to suffer, to endure”). Beekes suggests it is a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.tlaːs/ → /ˈa.tlas/ → /ˈa.tlas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.tlaːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tlas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tlas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tlas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tlas/

Proper noun

Ἄτλᾱς • (Átlās) m (genitive Ἄτλαντος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Atlas
2. Atlas Mountains

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς ho Átlās	τὼ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντε tṑ Átlante	οἱ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντες hoi Átlantes
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντος toû Átlantos	τοῖν Ᾰ̓τλᾰ́ντοιν toîn Atlántoin	τῶν Ᾰ̓τλᾰ́ντων tôn Atlántōn
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντῐ tôi Átlanti	τοῖν Ᾰ̓τλᾰ́ντοιν toîn Atlántoin	τοῖς Ᾰ̓́τλᾱσῐ / Ᾰ̓́τλᾱσῐν toîs Átlāsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντᾰ tòn Átlanta	τὼ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντε tṑ Átlante	τοὺς Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντᾰς toùs Átlantas
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́τλᾰν Átlan	Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντε Átlante	Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντες Átlantes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)
• Ἀτλαντίς (Atlantís)

Descendants

• Greek: Άτλας (Átlas), Άτλαντας (Átlantas)
• Irish: Atlás
• → Latin: Atlas (see there for further descendants)

References

• “Ἄτλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἄτλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἄτλας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἄτλας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἄτλας”, 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
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163