Ἀθήναις

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See also: Αθήναις, Αθηναΐς, and Ἀθηναΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Epigraphically regular omission of monophthongal omicron in case endings.

Proper noun

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

(in epigraphy of the brazen age) Koine 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 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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nai̯s/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰe̝.nɛs/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.nɛs/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.nes/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.nes/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓θήναις • (Ăthḗnais) f pl

dative of Ᾰ̓θῆναι (Ăthênai)

Greek

Alternative forms

Αθήναις (Athínais) — Demotic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈθines/
Hyphenation: Ἀθήναις

Proper noun

Ἀθήναις • (Athḗnais) f

(Katharevousa) dative plural of Ἀθῆναι (Athênai)
(in expression) ἐν Ἀθήναις (en Athḗnais, “in Athens”)

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