Θάνατος

Θάνατος

See also: θάνατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θᾰ́νᾰτος (thánatos, “death”). Cognate with Ancient Macedonian Δάνος (Dános).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰá.na.tos/ → /ˈθa.na.tos/ → /ˈθa.na.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰá.na.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰa.na.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.na.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.na.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθa.na.tos/

Proper noun

Θᾰ́νᾰτος • (Thánatos) m (genitive Θᾰνᾰ́του); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Thanatos

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Θᾰ́νᾰτος; τοῦ Θᾰνᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Θᾰ́νᾰτος ho Thánatos
Genitive	τοῦ Θᾰνᾰ́του toû Thanátou
Dative	τῷ Θᾰνᾰ́τῳ tôi Thanátōi
Accusative	τὸν Θᾰ́νᾰτον tòn Thánaton
Vocative	Θᾰ́νᾰτε Thánate
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Thanatos
• Greek: Θάνατος (Thánatos)
• Latin: Thanatus

Further reading

• Θάνατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θάνατος (Thánatos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθanatos]
• Hyphenation: Θά‧να‧τος

Proper noun

Θάνατος • (Thánatos) m (plural Thánatos)

1. (Greek mythology) Thanatos, the god of peaceful death