Παρθενών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρθενών (parthenṓn, “women's chamber”), from παρθένος (parthénos, “maid, young woman”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Παρθενών • (Parthenṓn) m (genitive Παρθενῶνος); third declension

  1. Parthenon, the famous temple to Athena which resides in Athens.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Παρθενών; τοῦ Παρθενῶνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Παρθενών
ho Parthenṓn
Genitive τοῦ Παρθενῶνος
toû Parthenônos
Dative τῷ Παρθενῶνῐ
tōî Parthenônĭ
Accusative τὸν Παρθενῶνᾰ
tòn Parthenônă
Vocative Παρθενών
Parthenṓn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Παρθενώνας (Parthenónas), Παρθενών (Parthenón)
  • Latin: Parthenōn
  • Turkish: Partenon

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “παρθένος (DER > 8. -ών”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1153

Further reading

Greek

Proper noun

Παρθενών • (Parthenón)

  1. The Parthenon is a temple of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens.
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