ἀθανασία

See also: αθανασία and Αθανασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾱ̓θᾰ́νᾰτος (āthắnătos, “undying”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix). The τ (t) changed to σ (s) by palatalization.

Noun

ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (āthănăsĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. immortality

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱ
hē āthănăsĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tês āthănăsĭ́ās
Dative τῇ ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾳ
tēî āthănăsĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn āthănăsĭ́ān
Vocative ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱ
āthănăsĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: athanasy
  • → Polish: atanazja

References

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