Athena

See also: Athéna and Aþena

English

Athena

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Athena, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-thēʹnə, IPA^(key): /əˈθiːnə/
• Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Athena

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.
2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Coordinate terms

• (Eternal Virgin Goddesses): Minerva, Artemis/Diana, Hestia/Vesta

Derived terms

• Athena Polias
• Athens

Translations

Greek goddess

• Alemannic German: Athene f
• Arabic: آثِين f (ʔāṯīn)
• Armenian: Աթենաս (hy) (Atʻenas)
• Belarusian: Афіна f (Afina)
• Bulgarian: Атина f (Atina)
• Catalan: Atena f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雅典娜 (zh) (Yǎdiǎnnà)

• Czech: Athéna (cs) f
• Danish: Athene f, Pallas Athene, Pallas
• Dutch: Athene (nl) f
• Esperanto: Atena
• Finnish: Athene
• French: Athéna (fr) f
• Galician: Atena f
• Georgian: ათენა (atena)
• German: Athene (de) f
• Greek: Αθηνά (el) f (Athiná)

  Ancient: Ἀθηνᾶ f (Athēnâ)

• Hindi: अथीना f (athīnā)
• Hungarian: Athéna, Athéné (hu)
• Indonesian: Athena
• Irish: Aitéiné f
• Italian: Atena (it) f
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• Japanese: アテーナー (Atēnā)
• Korean: 아테나 (ko) (Atena)
• Latin: Athena (la) f
• Limburgish: Athene (li) f
• Lithuanian: Atėnė f
• Luxembourgish: Athene f
• Macedonian: Атина (mk) f (Atina), Атена f (Atena)
• Marathi: अथीना f (athīnā)
• Norwegian: Athene (no) f
• Persian: آتنا (fa) (âtenâ)
• Polish: Atena (pl) f
• Portuguese: Atena (pt) f
• Romanian: Atena (ro) f
• Russian: Афи́на (ru) f (Afína)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ати́на f, Ате́на f

  Roman: Atína f, Aténa (sh) f

• Slovene: Aténa (sl) f
• Spanish: Atenea f
• Swahili: Athena
• Swedish: Athena f
• Turkish: Athena (tr)
• Ukrainian: Афіна f (Afina)

Noun

Athena (plural Athenas)

1. (feminism, derogatory) A woman who colludes with the patriarchy rather than actively opposing it.
   • 1989, Jennifer Barker Woolger, Roger J. Woolger, The goddess within

     The last thing feminist Athenas see about corporate structures, government, or academia is that they are run by benevolent and all-protective fathers.

   • 1992, Marilyn Frye, Willful virgin: essays in feminism, 1976-1992, page 141:

     The latter may become either Athenas or feminists. If one gets a certain sort of male sponsorship, becomes a Daddy's girl, one is allowed to function in these vocations of the righteous […]

   • 1995, Noretta Koertge (in Skeptical Inquirer, volume 19, number 2, page 42)

     Women who do decide to become scientists find themselves under attack from the self-proclaimed "echt" feminists, who call them "Athenas" and "Queen Bees."

Anagrams

• Anthea

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Athena.

Proper noun

Athena

1. a female given name from English