Ἀθάνα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ) — Attic
• Ἀθηναία (Athēnaía) — poetic
• Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē) — Ionic
• Ἀθάνα (Athána), Ἀσάνα (Asána) — Laconian

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰǎː.naː/ → /aˈθa.na/ → /aˈθa.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰǎː.naː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰa.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθa.na/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓θᾱ́νᾱ • (Ăthā́nā) f (genitive Ᾰ̓θᾱ́νᾱς); first declension

1. Athena

Inflection

First declension of ᾱ̔ Ᾰ̓θᾱ́νᾱ; τᾶς Ᾰ̓θᾱ́νᾱς (Doric)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ᾱ̔ Ᾰ̓θᾱ́νᾱ hā Ăthā́nā
Genitive	τᾶς Ᾰ̓θᾱ́νᾱς tâs Ăthā́nās
Dative	τᾷ Ᾰ̓θᾱ́νᾳ tâi Ăthā́nāi
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν Ᾰ̓θᾱ́νᾱν tā̀n Ăthā́nān
Vocative	Ᾰ̓θᾱ́νᾱ Ăthā́nā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ᾰ̓θᾶναι (Ăthânai)

Descendants

• Greek: Αθάνα (Athána)

References

• “Ἀθάνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἀθάνα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “Ἀθάνα”, 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003