Ἀθηναῖος

See also: Αθηναίος and Ἀθήναιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀθῆναι (Athênai, “Athens”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛː.nâi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tʰe̝ˈnɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈnɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈne.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈne.os/

Adjective

Ἀθηναῖος • (Athēnaîos) m (feminine Ἀθηναίᾱ, neuter Ἀθηναῖον); first/second declension

of or relating to Athens; Athenian
(substantive) an Athenian

Inflection

First and second declension of Ᾰ̓θηναῖος; Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ; Ᾰ̓θηναῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Ᾰ̓θηναῖος Ăthēnaîos	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ Ăthēnaíā	Ᾰ̓θηναῖον Ăthēnaîon	Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ Ăthēnaíā	Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō	Ᾰ̓θηναῖοι Ăthēnaîoi	Ᾰ̓θηναῖαι Ăthēnaîai	Ᾰ̓θηναῖᾰ Ăthēnaîă
Genitive	Ᾰ̓θηναίου Ăthēnaíou	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱς Ăthēnaíās	Ᾰ̓θηναίου Ăthēnaíou	Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν Ăthēnaíoin	Ᾰ̓θηναίαιν Ăthēnaíain	Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν Ăthēnaíoin	Ᾰ̓θηναίων Ăthēnaíōn	Ᾰ̓θηναίων Ăthēnaíōn	Ᾰ̓θηναίων Ăthēnaíōn
Dative	Ᾰ̓θηναίῳ Ăthēnaíōi	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾳ Ăthēnaíāi	Ᾰ̓θηναίῳ Ăthēnaíōi	Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν Ăthēnaíoin	Ᾰ̓θηναίαιν Ăthēnaíain	Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν Ăthēnaíoin	Ᾰ̓θηναίοις Ăthēnaíois	Ᾰ̓θηναίαις Ăthēnaíais	Ᾰ̓θηναίοις Ăthēnaíois
Accusative	Ᾰ̓θηναῖον Ăthēnaîon	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱν Ăthēnaíān	Ᾰ̓θηναῖον Ăthēnaîon	Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ Ăthēnaíā	Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō	Ᾰ̓θηναίους Ăthēnaíous	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱς Ăthēnaíās	Ᾰ̓θηναῖᾰ Ăthēnaîă
Vocative	Ᾰ̓θηναῖε Ăthēnaîe	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ Ăthēnaíā	Ᾰ̓θηναῖον Ăthēnaîon	Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō	Ᾰ̓θηναίᾱ Ăthēnaíā	Ᾰ̓θηναίω Ăthēnaíō	Ᾰ̓θηναῖοι Ăthēnaîoi	Ᾰ̓θηναῖαι Ăthēnaîai	Ᾰ̓θηναῖᾰ Ăthēnaîă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	Ᾰ̓θηναίως Ăthēnaíōs			Ᾰ̓θηναιότερος Ăthēnaióteros			Ᾰ̓θηναιότᾰτος Ăthēnaiótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“Ἀθηναῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἀθηναῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Ἀθηναῖος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Ἀθηναῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Ἀθηναῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
G117 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003