ἀθερίνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀθερῖνος (atherînos)

Etymology

From ἀθήρ (athḗr, “awn; barb; spine or prickle of a fish”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀθερῑ́νη • (atherī́nē) f (genitive ἀθερῑ́νης); first declension

  1. sand smelt, any small fish in the genus Atherina

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀθερῑ́νη; τῆς ἀθερῑ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀθερῑ́νη
hē atherī́nē 		τὼ ἀθερῑ́νᾱ
tṑ atherī́nā 		αἱ ἀθερῖναι
hai atherînai
Genitive τῆς ἀθερῑ́νης
tês atherī́nēs 		τοῖν ἀθερῑ́ναιν
toîn atherī́nain 		τῶν ἀθερῑνῶν
tôn atherīnôn
Dative τῇ ἀθερῑ́νῃ
tēî atherī́nēi 		τοῖν ἀθερῑ́ναιν
toîn atherī́nain 		ταῖς ἀθερῑ́ναις
taîs atherī́nais
Accusative τὴν ἀθερῑ́νην
tḕn atherī́nēn 		τὼ ἀθερῑ́νᾱ
tṑ atherī́nā 		τᾱ̀ς ἀθερῑ́νᾱς
tā̀s atherī́nās
Vocative ἀθερῑ́νη
atherī́nē 		ἀθερῑ́νᾱ
atherī́nā 		ἀθερῖναι
atherînai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: αθερίνα (atherína)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: آترینه (aterina)
      • Turkish: aterina
    • → Romanian: aterină
  • → Translingual: Atherina

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