Ἀθηναῖος

See also: Αθηναίος and Ἀθήναιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀθῆναι (Athênai, “Athens”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛː.nâi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tʰe̝ˈnɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈnɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈne.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.θiˈne.os/

Adjective

Ἀθηναῖος • (Athēnaîos) m (feminine Ἀθηναίᾱ, neuter Ἀθηναῖον); first/second declension

of or relating to Athens; Athenian
(substantive) an Athenian

Inflection

First and second declension of Ἀθηναῖος; Ἀθηναίᾱ; Ἀθηναῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Ἀθηναῖος Athēnaîos	Ἀθηναίᾱ Athēnaíā	Ἀθηναῖον Athēnaîon	Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō	Ἀθηναίᾱ Athēnaíā	Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō	Ἀθηναῖοι Athēnaîoi	Ἀθηναῖαι Athēnaîai	Ἀθηναῖᾰ Athēnaîa
Genitive	Ἀθηναίου Athēnaíou	Ἀθηναίᾱς Athēnaíās	Ἀθηναίου Athēnaíou	Ἀθηναίοιν Athēnaíoin	Ἀθηναίαιν Athēnaíain	Ἀθηναίοιν Athēnaíoin	Ἀθηναίων Athēnaíōn	Ἀθηναίων Athēnaíōn	Ἀθηναίων Athēnaíōn
Dative	Ἀθηναίῳ Athēnaíōi	Ἀθηναίᾳ Athēnaíāi	Ἀθηναίῳ Athēnaíōi	Ἀθηναίοιν Athēnaíoin	Ἀθηναίαιν Athēnaíain	Ἀθηναίοιν Athēnaíoin	Ἀθηναίοις Athēnaíois	Ἀθηναίαις Athēnaíais	Ἀθηναίοις Athēnaíois
Accusative	Ἀθηναῖον Athēnaîon	Ἀθηναίᾱν Athēnaíān	Ἀθηναῖον Athēnaîon	Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō	Ἀθηναίᾱ Athēnaíā	Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō	Ἀθηναίους Athēnaíous	Ἀθηναίᾱς Athēnaíās	Ἀθηναῖᾰ Athēnaîa
Vocative	Ἀθηναῖε Athēnaîe	Ἀθηναίᾱ Athēnaíā	Ἀθηναῖον Athēnaîon	Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō	Ἀθηναίᾱ Athēnaíā	Ἀθηναίω Athēnaíō	Ἀθηναῖοι Athēnaîoi	Ἀθηναῖαι Athēnaîai	Ἀθηναῖᾰ Athēnaîa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	Ἀθηναίως Athēnaíōs			Ἀθηναιότερος Athēnaióteros			Ἀθηναιότᾰτος Athēnaiótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“Ἀθηναῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἀθηναῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Ἀθηναῖος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Ἀθηναῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Ἀθηναῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
G117 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