Athena

• Athene

Borrowed from Latin Athena, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).

• enPR: ə-thēʹnə, IPA^(key): /əˈθiːnə/
• Rhymes: -iːnə

Athena

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.
2. A city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.
3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

• (Eternal Virgin Goddesses): Minerva, Artemis/Diana, Hestia/Vesta

• Athena Polias
• Athens

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Athena (plural Athenas)

1. (feminism, derogatory, figurative) A woman who colludes with the patriarchy rather than actively opposing it.
   • 1989, Jennifer Barker Woolger, Roger J. Woolger, The goddess within:

     The last thing feminist Athenas see about corporate structures, government, or academia is that they are run by benevolent and all-protective fathers.

   • 1992, Marilyn Frye, Willful virgin: essays in feminism, 1976-1992, page 141:

     The latter may become either Athenas or feminists. If one gets a certain sort of male sponsorship, becomes a Daddy's girl, one is allowed to function in these vocations of the righteous […]

   • 1995, Noretta Koertge, Skeptical Inquirer, volume 19, number 2, page 42:

     Women who do decide to become scientists find themselves under attack from the self-proclaimed "echt" feminists, who call them "Athenas" and "Queen Bees."

• Anthea

• Atena

Athena

1. (Greek mythology) Athena

• Athene

• Athene

From Ancient Greek Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē), Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).

• IPA^(key): [aˈtˢeːna]

Athena

1. (Greek mythology) Athena (the goddess)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ), Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰeː.na/, [äˈt̪ʰeːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈte.na/, [äˈt̪ɛːnä]

Athēna f sg (genitive Athēnae); first declension

1. Athena (Greek goddess of wisdom)

The plural forms refer to the city that was named after the goddess, while the singular forms refer to the goddess herself. First-declension noun, singular only.

• Athēnae

• English: Athena
• French: Athéna
• Italian: Atena
• Sicilian: Atina

• Athena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Athena in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).

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Athena c (genitive Athenas)

1. (Greek mythology) Athena

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Borrowed from English Athena.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtina/ [ʔɐˈti.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: A‧the‧na

Athena (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆᜒᜈ)

1. a female given name from English