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ἀθάνατος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ᾰ̓- (a-, un-) +‎ θᾰ́νᾰτος (thánatos, dying).

Pronunciation

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The first alpha is etymologically expected to be short, but it always scans long in poetry because poetic meter does not allow three light syllables in a row.

Adjective

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ᾱ̓θᾰ́νᾰτος (āthánatosm (feminine ᾱ̓θᾰ́νᾰτος or ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰ́τη, neuter ᾱ̓θᾰ́νᾰτον); first/second declension

  1. undying, immortal
    Synonyms: ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos), ἄφθῐτος (áphthitos)
    Antonyms: βρότειος (bróteios), βροτός (brotós), θνητός (thnētós), μορτός (mortós)
    • 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Collected Works 1.14:
      Σὺ δ’, ὦ μάκαιρα, μειδιάσαισ’ ἀθανάτῳ προσώπῳ ἤρε’ ὄττι δηὖτε πέπονθα.
      Sù d’, ô mákaira, meidiásais’ athanátōi prosṓpōi ḗre’ ótti dēûte pépontha.
      And you, blessed Lady, with a smile on your immortal face, asked what bothered me again.
  2. everlasting, perpetual
    • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1420:
      Ἀθάνατον ἀρετὴν ἔσχον, ὡς πάρεσθ’ ὁρᾶν.
      Athánaton aretḕn éskhon, hōs páresth’ horân.
      I have won deathless glory, as you witness.
  3. maintained at a constant figure

Declension

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Descendants

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Noun

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ἀθάνατος (athánatosm (genitive ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰ́του); second declension

  1. the rose campion (Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria)

References

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