atheos

Latin

Alternative forms

• atheus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless, without a god”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tʰe.os/, [ˈa.tʰe.ɔs]

Noun

atheos m (genitive atheī); second declension

1. an atheist, term applied to those who thought to reject the gods worshipped by the larger society.
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De natura deorum, 1.63

     quid Diagoras atheos qui dictus est […]

     Diagoras, who is called an atheist, […]

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	atheos	atheī
genitive	atheī	atheōrum
dative	atheō	atheīs
accusative	atheon	atheōs
ablative	atheō	atheīs
vocative	athee	atheī

Descendants

• Italian: ateo
• Spanish: ateo

References

• atheos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “atheos” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• atheos in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016