Athos
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄθως (Áthōs).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈæ.θɒs/
Proper noun
Athos
- (Greek mythology) one of the Gigantes
- A peninsula in Greece containing Mount Athos
Related terms
- New Athos
Translations
one of the Gigantes
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peninsula containing Mount Athos
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Further reading
Anagrams
- HATOs, Shota, has to, hoast, hosta, oaths, shoat, shota
Latin
Alternative forms
- Athō, Athōn
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄθως (Áthōs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.tʰoːs/
Proper noun
Athōs m sg (irregular, genitive Athō); second declension
- the mountain Athos
Declension
Second-declension noun (highly irregular, Greek-type), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Athōs |
| Genitive | Athō |
| Dative | Athō |
| Accusative | Athō Athōn |
| Ablative | Athō |
| Vocative | Athōs |
References
- Athos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Athos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Atho, Athon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette - Athos in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “Athos” in Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch
- “Athos” in PONS Latein-Deutsch
- Hermann Venedig: Die lateinische Formenlehre, nach den besten neueren Latinisten. Wien, 1845, page 10
- “Athos” on page 196/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)