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 Ἀθηναῖος; Ἀθηναίᾱ; Ἀθηναῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Ἀθηναῖος Athēnaîos	Ἀθηναίᾱ Athēnaíā	Ἀθηναῖον Athēnaîon		Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō	Ἀθηναίᾱ Athēnaíā	Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō		Ἀθηναῖοι Athēnaîoi	Ἀθηναῖαι Athēnaîai	Ἀθηναῖᾰ Athēnaîa
Genitive		Ἀθηναίου Athēnaíou	Ἀθηναίᾱς Athēnaíās	Ἀθηναίου Athēnaíou		Ἀθηναίοιν Athēnaíoin	Ἀθηναίαιν Athēnaíain	Ἀθηναίοιν Athēnaíoin		Ἀθηναίων Athēnaíōn	Ἀθηναίων Athēnaíōn	Ἀθηναίων Athēnaíōn
Dative		Ἀθηναίῳ Athēnaíōi	Ἀθηναίᾳ Athēnaíāi	Ἀθηναίῳ Athēnaíōi		Ἀθηναίοιν Athēnaíoin	Ἀθηναίαιν Athēnaíain	Ἀθηναίοιν Athēnaíoin		Ἀθηναίοις Athēnaíois	Ἀθηναίαις Athēnaíais	Ἀθηναίοις Athēnaíois
Accusative		Ἀθηναῖον Athēnaîon	Ἀθηναίᾱν Athēnaíān	Ἀθηναῖον Athēnaîon		Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō	Ἀθηναίᾱ Athēnaíā	Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō		Ἀθηναίους Athēnaíous	Ἀθηναίᾱς Athēnaíās	Ἀθηναῖᾰ Athēnaîa
Vocative		Ἀθηναῖε Athēnaîe	Ἀθηναίᾱ Athēnaíā	Ἀθηναῖον Athēnaîon		Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō	Ἀθηναίᾱ Athēnaíā	Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō		Ἀθηναῖοι Athēnaîoi	Ἀθηναῖαι Athēnaîai	Ἀθηναῖᾰ Athēnaîa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		Ἀθηναίως Athēnaíōs				Ἀθηναιότερος Athēnaióteros				Ἀθηναιότᾰτος Athēnaiótatos
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 (2006–2024)
• 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