Ἀθήναις

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Epigraphically regular omission of monophthongal omicron in case endings.

Proper noun

Ἀθήναις • (Athḗnais) m (genitive Ἀθηναίου); second declension

  1. (in epigraphy of the brazen age) Alternative form of Ἀθήναιος (Athḗnaios)
    • C.E. 36/7, Dedication by Ephebes to Hermes, reproduced in: Christopher de Lisle, Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections (AIO Papers), volume 11, Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, published 2020, inscription № 4, page 45, line 13:
      Ἀθήναις Ͻ ἐξ Οἴου
      Athḗnais [Athēnaíou] ex Oíou
      Athenais (son of Athenais) of Oion
      2019 translation by Chris de Lisle and Sjoukje M. Kamphorst
Declension
Second declension of ὁ Ἀθήναις; τοῦ Ἀθηναίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀθήναις
ho Athḗnais
Genitive τοῦ Ἀθηναίου
toû Athēnaíou
Dative τῷ Ἀθηναίῳ
tôi Athēnaíōi
Accusative τὸν Ἀθήναιν
tòn Athḗnain
Vocative Ἀθήναιε
Athḗnaie
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • Evangelinos Apostolides Sophocles (1855) A Greek Grammar, for the Use of Schools and Colleges, a new edition, Hartford: William James Hamersley, § 46, note 4, page 58:
    In inscriptions cut during the brazen period of the language, the endings -ις, -ιν are found for -ιος, -ιον; as Δημήτρις, Ἑλλάδις, Διονύσις, Αὐρήλις, Ιούλις, Απολλινάρις; τὸν Ακέσιν, Αφροδείσιν, Καλλίστιν, Ελευθέριν; neuter τὸ μαρτύριν for μαρτύριον.
    Also ὁ Αθηναις, Ειρηναις, Εστιαις, for Αθήναιος, Εἰρηναῖος, Εστιαῖος.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓θήναις • (Athḗnais) f pl

  1. dative of Ᾰ̓θῆναι (Athênai)

Greek

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈθines/
  • Hyphenation: Ἀθήναις

Proper noun

Ἀθήναις • (Athḗnais) f

  1. (Katharevousa) Dative plural form of Ἀθῆναι (Athênai).
    (in expression) ἐν Ἀθήναις (en Athḗnais, “in Athens”)
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