Ἀθηνᾶ

Ἀθηνᾶ

See also: Ἀθηνᾷ, Αθήνα, Αθηνά, and Ἀθῆναι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ (Athēnaíā) – Attic, Poetic
• Ᾰ̓θηναίη (Athēnaíē) – Epic, Ionic
• Ᾰ̓θήνη (Athḗnē) – Ionic
• Ᾰ̓θᾱ́νᾱ (Athā́nā) – Doric
• Ᾰ̓σᾱ́νᾱ (Asā́nā) – Laconian

Etymology

See Ᾰ̓θήνη (Athḗnē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛː.nâː/ → /a.θiˈna/ → /a.θiˈna/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛː.nâː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tʰe̝ˈna/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈna/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈna/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈna/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓θηνᾶ • (Athēnâ) f (genitive Ᾰ̓θηνᾶς); first declension (Koine)

1. (Greek mythology) Athena

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓θηνᾶ; τῆς Ᾰ̓θηνᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓θηνᾶ hē Athēnâ
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓θηνᾶς tês Athēnâs
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓θηνᾷ têi Athēnâi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓θηνᾶν tḕn Athēnân
Vocative	Ᾰ̓θηνᾶ Athēnâ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αθηνά f (Athiná)
• → Russian: Афи́на (Afína)
• Latin: Athēna
  • English: Athena
  • Italian: Atena
  • Sicilian: Atina

References

• “Ἀθήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003

Further reading

• Athena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/Plethon/Athena.html