Ἄτλας
See also: άτλας and Άτλας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-, the root of ἔτλην (étlēn, “to suffer, to endure”). Beekes suggests it is a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.tlaːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.tlas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.tlas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.tlas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.tlas/
Proper noun
Ἄτλᾱς • (Átlās) m (genitive Ἄτλαντος); third declension
- (Greek mythology) Atlas
- Atlas Mountains
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς ho Átlās | τὼ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντε tṑ Átlante | οἱ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντες hoi Átlantes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντος toû Átlantos | τοῖν Ᾰ̓τλᾰ́ντοιν toîn Atlántoin | τῶν Ᾰ̓τλᾰ́ντων tôn Atlántōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντῐ tôi Átlanti | τοῖν Ᾰ̓τλᾰ́ντοιν toîn Atlántoin | τοῖς Ᾰ̓́τλᾱσῐ / Ᾰ̓́τλᾱσῐν toîs Átlāsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντᾰ tòn Átlanta | τὼ Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντε tṑ Átlante | τοὺς Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντᾰς toùs Átlantas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Ᾰ̓́τλᾰν Átlan | Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντε Átlante | Ᾰ̓́τλᾰντες Átlantes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)
- Ἀτλαντίς (Atlantís)
Descendants
- Greek: Άτλας (Átlas); Άτλαντας (Átlantas)
- Irish: Atlás
- → Latin: Atlas (see there for further descendants)
References
- “Ἄτλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἄτλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Ἄτλας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἄτλας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “Ἄτλας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163