Athenae

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰeː.nae̯/, [äˈt̪ʰeːnäe̯]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈte.ne/, [äˈt̪ɛːne]

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.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Athēnae
Genitive	Athēnārum
Dative	Athēnīs
Accusative	Athēnās
Ablative	Athēnīs
Vocative	Athēnae
Locative	Athēnīs

Related terms

athēniēnsis

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.

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