ἀθεότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄθεος (átheos, “godless”) +‎ -της (-tēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰe.ó.tɛːs/ → /a.θeˈo.tis/ → /a.θeˈo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰe.ó.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tʰeˈo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.θeˈo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.θeˈo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.θeˈo.tis/

Noun

ἀθεότης • (atheótēs) f (genitive ἀθεότητος); third declension

1. godlessness

   Synonym: (Koine Greek) ᾰ̓θεῐ̈́ᾱ (ătheĭ̈́ā)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀθεότης; τῆς ἀθεότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀθεότης hē atheótēs	τὼ ἀθεότητε tṑ atheótēte	αἱ ἀθεότητες hai atheótētes
Genitive	τῆς ἀθεότητος tês atheótētos	τοῖν ἀθεοτήτοιν toîn atheotḗtoin	τῶν ἀθεοτήτων tôn atheotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ ἀθεότητῐ têi atheótētĭ	τοῖν ἀθεοτήτοιν toîn atheotḗtoin	ταῖς ἀθεότησῐ / ἀθεότησῐν taîs atheótēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀθεότητᾰ tḕn atheótētă	τὼ ἀθεότητε tṑ atheótēte	τᾱ̀ς ἀθεότητᾰς tā̀s atheótētăs
Vocative	ἀθεότης atheótēs	ἀθεότητε atheótēte	ἀθεότητες atheótētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Further reading

• “ἀθεότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀθεότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀθεότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀθεότης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)