Ἀθῆναι

See also: Αθήνα, Αθηνά, and Ἀθηνᾶ

Ancient Greek

Plural of Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”).

Ἀθῆναι • (Athênai) f (genitive Ἀθηνῶν); first declension (plural only)

While the city name was plural from the Classical period onward, Homer also uses a singular form: Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē).

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Ἀθῆναι hai Athênai
Genitive	τῶν Ἀθηνῶν tôn Athēnôn
Dative	ταῖς Ἀθήναις taîs Athḗnais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Ἀθήνᾱς tā̀s Athḗnās
Vocative	Ἀθῆναι Athênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of αἱ Ἀθῆναι; τῶν Ἀθηνέων (Ionic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Ἀθῆναι hai Athênai
Genitive	τῶν Ἀθηνέων / Ἀθηνῶν tôn Athēnéōn / Athēnôn
Dative	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν Ἀθήνῃσῐ / Ἀθήνῃσῐν têisi(n) Athḗnēisi(n)
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Ἀθήνᾱς tā̀s Athḗnās
Vocative	Ἀθῆναι Athênai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First declension of Ἀθῆναι; Ἀθηνᾱ́ων (Epic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	Ἀθῆναι Athênai
Genitive	Ἀθηνᾱ́ων / Ἀθηνέ͜ων / Ἀθηνῶν Athēnā́ōn / Athēné͜ōn / Athēnôn
Dative	Ἀθήνῃσῐ / Ἀθήνῃσῐν / Ἀθήνῃς / Ἀθήναις Athḗnēisi(n) / Athḗnēis / Athḗnais
Accusative	Ἀθήνᾱς Athḗnās
Vocative	Ἀθῆναι Athênai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

“Ἀθῆναι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἀθῆναι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Ἀθῆναι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Ἀθῆναι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Ἀθῆναι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
G116 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
Strong's Concordance number: G116
entry in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell-Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940

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