Ἀθήναιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ᾰ̓θηνᾶ (Athēnâ) + -ιον (-ion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nai̯.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈtʰe̝.nɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈθi.nɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈθi.ne.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈθi.ne.on/
Noun
Ᾰ̓θήναιον • (Athḗnaion) n (genitive Ᾰ̓θηναίου); second declension
- An Athenaeum: a temple of Athena
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ Ᾰ̓θήναιον; τοῦ Ᾰ̓θηναίου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ Ᾰ̓θήναιον tò Athḗnaion | τὼ Ᾰ̓θηναίω tṑ Athēnaíō | τᾰ̀ Ᾰ̓θήναιᾰ tà Athḗnaia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ᾰ̓θηναίου toû Athēnaíou | τοῖν Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν toîn Athēnaíoin | τῶν Ᾰ̓θηναίων tôn Athēnaíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ᾰ̓θηναίῳ tôi Athēnaíōi | τοῖν Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν toîn Athēnaíoin | τοῖς Ᾰ̓θηναίοις toîs Athēnaíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ Ᾰ̓θήναιον tò Athḗnaion | τὼ Ᾰ̓θηναίω tṑ Athēnaíō | τᾰ̀ Ᾰ̓θήναιᾰ tà Athḗnaia | ||||||||||
Vocative | Ᾰ̓θήναιον Athḗnaion | Ᾰ̓θηναίω Athēnaíō | Ᾰ̓θήναιᾰ Athḗnaia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Athenaeum (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “Ἀθήναιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ἀθήναιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Ἀθήναιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette