ἄθεος

See also: άθεος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-, “without”) +‎ θεός (theós, “god”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.tʰe.os/ → /ˈa.θe.os/ → /ˈa.θe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.tʰe.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tʰe.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θe.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θe.os/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́θεος • (ắtheos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́θεον); second declension

1. without gods
2. rejecting or disdaining the belief in the gods (especially officially sanctioned gods), atheist
3. generally: godless, secular
4. abandoned by the gods
5. (lexicography) not derived from a theonym

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́θεος; ᾰ̓́θεον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́θεος ắtheos	ᾰ̓́θεον ắtheon		ᾰ̓θέω ăthéō	ᾰ̓θέω ăthéō		ᾰ̓́θεοι ắtheoi	ᾰ̓́θεᾰ ắtheă
Genitive		ᾰ̓θέου ăthéou	ᾰ̓θέου ăthéou		ᾰ̓θέοιν ăthéoin	ᾰ̓θέοιν ăthéoin		ᾰ̓θέων ăthéōn	ᾰ̓θέων ăthéōn
Dative		ᾰ̓θέῳ ăthéōi	ᾰ̓θέῳ ăthéōi		ᾰ̓θέοιν ăthéoin	ᾰ̓θέοιν ăthéoin		ᾰ̓θέοις ăthéois	ᾰ̓θέοις ăthéois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́θεον ắtheon	ᾰ̓́θεον ắtheon		ᾰ̓θέω ăthéō	ᾰ̓θέω ăthéō		ᾰ̓θέους ăthéous	ᾰ̓́θεᾰ ắtheă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́θεε ắthee	ᾰ̓́θεον ắtheon		ᾰ̓θέω ăthéō	ᾰ̓θέω ăthéō		ᾰ̓́θεοι ắtheoi	ᾰ̓́θεᾰ ắtheă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓θέως ăthéōs			ᾰ̓θεώτερος ătheṓteros			ᾰ̓θεώτᾰτος ătheṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άθεος (átheos)
• → Latin: atheos

Further reading

• “ἄθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄθεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἄθεος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄθεος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G112 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • atheist idem, page 49.
  • atheistical idem, page 49.
  • blasphemous idem, page 82.
  • godless idem, page 365.
  • impious idem, page 421.
  • irreligious idem, page 460.
  • irreverent idem, page 460.
  • profane idem, page 653.
  • sacrilegious idem, page 729.
  • sinful idem, page 777.
  • ungodly idem, page 919.
  • unhallowed idem, page 920.
  • unholy idem, page 921.
  • unrighteous idem, page 930.
  • wicked idem, page 978.
  • worldly idem, page 990.
  • wrong idem, page 994.