Αἴτνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from a Pre-Greek substrate. Suggested connection with Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”), with dʰ > t through Siculan dialect. If so, then cognate with Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), Latin aestus (“hot”), aestās (“summer”), possibly aedis (“shrine, temple”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Αἴτνη • (Aítnē) f (genitive Αἴτνης); first declension

  1. Mount Etna
  2. (Greek mythology) Aetna (Sicilian nymph)
  3. Aetna (an ancient city in Sicily)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Αἴτνη; τῆς Αἴτνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Αἴτνη
hē Aítnē
Genitive τῆς Αἴτνης
tês Aítnēs
Dative τῇ Αἴτνῃ
têi Aítnēi
Accusative τὴν Αἴτνην
tḕn Aítnēn
Vocative Αἴτνη
Aítnē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Αἰτναῖος (Aitnaîos)

Descendants
  • → Latin: Aetna (see there for more)

References
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