Ἀθηναῖος

See also: Αθηναίος and Ἀθήναιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀθῆναι (Athênai, “Athens”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛː.nâi̯.os/ → /a.θiˈnɛ.os/ → /a.θiˈne.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛː.nâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tʰe̝ˈnɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈnɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈne.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈne.os/

Adjective

Ἀθηναῖος • (Athēnaîos) m (feminine Ἀθηναίᾱ, neuter Ἀθηναῖον); first/second declension

1. of or relating to Athens; Athenian
2. (substantive) an Athenian

Inflection

First and second declension of Ᾰ̓θηναῖος; Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ; Ᾰ̓θηναῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Ᾰ̓θηναῖος Ăthēnaîos	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ Ăthēnaíā	Ᾰ̓θηναῖον Ăthēnaîon		Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ Ăthēnaíā	Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō		Ᾰ̓θηναῖοι Ăthēnaîoi	Ᾰ̓θηναῖαι Ăthēnaîai	Ᾰ̓θηναῖᾰ Ăthēnaîă
Genitive		Ᾰ̓θηναίου Ăthēnaíou	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱς Ăthēnaíās	Ᾰ̓θηναίου Ăthēnaíou		Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν Ăthēnaíoin	Ᾰ̓θηναίαιν Ăthēnaíain	Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν Ăthēnaíoin		Ᾰ̓θηναίων Ăthēnaíōn	Ᾰ̓θηναίων Ăthēnaíōn	Ᾰ̓θηναίων Ăthēnaíōn
Dative		Ᾰ̓θηναίῳ Ăthēnaíōi	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾳ Ăthēnaíāi	Ᾰ̓θηναίῳ Ăthēnaíōi		Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν Ăthēnaíoin	Ᾰ̓θηναίαιν Ăthēnaíain	Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν Ăthēnaíoin		Ᾰ̓θηναίοις Ăthēnaíois	Ᾰ̓θηναίαις Ăthēnaíais	Ᾰ̓θηναίοις Ăthēnaíois
Accusative		Ᾰ̓θηναῖον Ăthēnaîon	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱν Ăthēnaíān	Ᾰ̓θηναῖον Ăthēnaîon		Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ Ăthēnaíā	Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō		Ᾰ̓θηναίους Ăthēnaíous	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱς Ăthēnaíās	Ᾰ̓θηναῖᾰ Ăthēnaîă
Vocative		Ᾰ̓θηναῖε Ăthēnaîe	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ Ăthēnaíā	Ᾰ̓θηναῖον Ăthēnaîon		Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ Ăthēnaíā	Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō		Ᾰ̓θηναῖοι Ăthēnaîoi	Ᾰ̓θηναῖαι Ăthēnaîai	Ᾰ̓θηναῖᾰ Ăthēnaîă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		Ᾰ̓θηναίως Ăthēnaíōs				Ᾰ̓θηναιότερος Ăthēnaióteros				Ᾰ̓θηναιότᾰτος Ăthēnaiótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “Ἀθηναῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἀθηναῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἀθηναῖος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀθηναῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀθηναῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G117 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, page 1,003