Athenae

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι (Athênai, “Athens”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰeː.nae̯/, [äˈt̪ʰeːnäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈte.ne/, [äˈt̪ɛːne]

Proper noun

Athēnae f pl (genitive Athēnārum); first declension

1. Athens

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Athēnae
Genitive	Athēnārum
Dative	Athēnīs
Accusative	Athēnās
Ablative	Athēnīs
Vocative	Athēnae
Locative	Athēnīs

Related terms

• athēniēnsis

Descendants

• Japanese: アテネ (​Atene)

References

• “Athenae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Athenae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Athenae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.