atheos
Latin
Alternative forms
- atheus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless, without a god”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.tʰe.ɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.t̪e.os]
Noun
atheos m (genitive atheī); second declension
- an atheist; one who rejected the gods worshipped by the wider society.
- 45 B.C.E., Cicero, De natura deorum, 1.63
- quid Diagoras atheos qui dictus est […]
- Diagoras, who is called an atheist, […]
- quid Diagoras atheos qui dictus est […]
- 45 B.C.E., Cicero, De natura deorum, 1.63
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | atheos | atheī atheoe |
| genitive | atheī | atheōrum |
| dative | atheō | atheīs |
| accusative | atheon | atheōs |
| ablative | atheō | atheīs |
| vocative | athee | atheī atheoe |
Descendants
References
- “atheos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- atheos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- atheos in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016