Ἀθήναιος

See also: Αθηναίος and Ἀθηναῖος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἀθήναις (Athḗnais) — in epigraphy of the brazen age

Etymology

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nai̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰe̝.nɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.nɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ne.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ne.os/

Proper noun

Ἀθήναιος • (Athḗnaios) m (genitive Ἀθηναίου); second declension

a male given name
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.119
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.122
1. Ἀθήναιος Ἀθηναίου (fl. 138–128 B.C.E.), Athenian composer and musician
2. Ἀθήναιος Μηχανικός (fl. mid-to-late 1st century B.C.E.), author of a book on siegecraft, Περὶ μηχανημάτων (Perì mēkhanēmátōn, “On Machines”)
3. Ἀθήναιος Ἀτταλεύς (fl. C.E. 1st century), physician and founder of the Pneumatic school of medicine
4. Ἀθήναιος Nαυκρατίτης (fl. C.E. late 2nd–early 3rd centuries), rhetorician and grammarian

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ἀθήναιος; τοῦ Ἀθηναίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀθήναιος ho Athḗnaios
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀθηναίου toû Athēnaíou
Dative	τῷ Ἀθηναίῳ tōî Athēnaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀθήναιον tòn Athḗnaion
Vocative	Ἀθήναιε Athḗnaie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ French: Athênæos
→ Latin: Athēnaeus

Further reading

Ἀθήναιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette