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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”) + -ιον (-ion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.na.tʰɛ̌ː.nai̯.a/ → /pa.naˈθi.nɛ.a/ → /pa.naˈθi.ne.a/
Proper noun
Πᾰνᾰθήναιᾰ • (Pănăthḗnaiă) n pl (genitive Πᾰνᾰθηναίων); second declension
- the Panathenaea
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Descendants
References
- “Παναθήναια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Παναθήναια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020