Ἀθήνη

See also: Ἀθήνῃ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἀθάνα (Athána) – Doric
Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ) – Attic
Ἀθηναία (Athēnaía) – Poetic
Ἀσάνα (Asána) – Laconian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from a lost Pre-Greek language.

Possibly from Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯtar- (later found as 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕‎ (ʿštrt)) + -ηνή (-ēnḗ) (feminine locative ending, see -ηνός (-ēnós)), thus "*ʕaṯ-ηνή, place dedicated to Astarte".(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰe̝.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ni/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓θήνη • (Athḗnē) f (genitive Ᾰ̓θήνης); first declension

Athena
An older name for Athens

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓θήνη; τῆς Ᾰ̓θήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓θήνη hē Athḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓θήνης tês Athḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓θήνῃ têi Athḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓θήνην tḕn Athḗnēn
Vocative	Ᾰ̓θήνη Athḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ᾰ̓θῆναι (Athênai)

Descendants

→ English: Athena
Greek: Αθήνη (Athíni)
→ Latin: Athēna
→ German: Athene

References

“Ἀθήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἀθήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Ἀθήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Ἀθήνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003

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