Athenian

English

Alternative forms

• Athenean

Etymology

From Latin athēniēnsis; compare Middle English Athenyensis pl and Old English Athēniense pl. By surface analysis, Athens +‎ ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈθiː.ni.ən/
• Rhymes: -iːniən

Noun

Athenian (plural Athenians)

1. An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece.
   • 1610, [Robert Glover], translated by Tho[mas] Milles et al., “Of the First Greeke Nobility”, in The Catalogue of Honor or Tresury of True Nobility, Peculiar and Proper to the Isle of Great Britaine […], London: […] William Iaggard, →OCLC, page 4:

     Euen plaine Cittizens, hauing well deſerued of the Common-weale, were therefore among the Athenians ennobled.

   • 1872, William Lucas Collins, chapter V, in Aristophanes, page 101:

     Here the satire is directed against the passion of the Athenians for the excitement of the law-courts […]

Translations

an inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece

• Catalan: atenès (ca) m, atenesa (ca) f, atenenc (ca) m, atenenca (ca) f
• Coptic: ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲁⲓⲟⲥ (athēnaios)
• Czech: Atéňan m, Atéňanka f
• Danish: athener c, athenienser c
• Dutch: Athener (nl) m, Atheense (nl) f
• Esperanto: atenano
• French: Athénien (fr) m, Athénienne (fr) f
• Galician: ateniense (gl) m or f
• German: Athener (de) m, Athenerin (de) f
• Greek: Αθηναίος (el) m (Athinaíos), Αθηναία (el) f (Athinaía), πρωτευουσιάνος (el) m (protevousiános), πρωτευουσιάνα (el) f (protevousiána)

  Ancient: Ἀθηναῖος m (Athēnaîos)

• Hungarian: athéni (hu)
• Ido: Athinano (io)
• Irish: Aithneach m
• Italian: ateniese (it)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: atenar m

• Polish: ateńczyk (pl) m, atenka (pl) f
• Portuguese: ateniense (pt)
• Russian: афиня́нин (ru) m (afinjánin), афиня́нка (ru) f (afinjánka)
• Spanish: ateniense (es) m or f
• Turkish: Atinalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: афі́нянин m (afínjanyn), афі́нянка f (afínjanka)

Adjective

Athenian (not comparable)

1. Of or related to Athens, particularly (historical) ancient Athens, its empire, and its people.
2. (Greek mythology) Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.

Synonyms

• (Of or related to Athens): Attic

Translations

of or pertaining to Athens, Greece

• Catalan: atenès (ca), atenenc (ca)
• Coptic: ⲁⲑⲏⲛⲁⲓⲟⲥ (athēnaios)
• Czech: aténský (cs)
• Danish: athensk
• Dutch: Atheens (nl)
• Esperanto: atena
• Finnish: ateenalainen (fi)
• Galician: ateniense (gl)
• German: Athener (de), athenisch (de)
• Greek: αθηναϊκός (el) (athinaïkós), πρωτευουσιάνικος (el) (protevousiánikos)
• Irish: Aithneach
• Old English: Athēnisċ
• Polish: ateński (pl)
• Portuguese: ateniense (pt)
• Russian: афи́нский (ru) (afínskij)
• Spanish: ateniense (es)
• Swedish: atensk
• Ukrainian: афі́нський (afínsʹkyj), ате́нський (aténsʹkyj)