Athenae
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈtʰeː.nae̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈt̪ɛː.ne]
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Athēnae
- genitive/dative singular of Athēna
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι (Athênai, “Athens”).
Proper noun
Athēnae f pl (genitive Athēnārum); first declension
- Athens (the capital city of Greece)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Athēnae |
| genitive | Athēnārum |
| dative | Athēnīs |
| accusative | Athēnās |
| ablative | Athēnīs |
| vocative | Athēnae |
| locative | Athēnīs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Japanese: アテネ (Atene)
References
- “Athenae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Athenae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Athenae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.