Ἀθήναιον

See also: Ἀθηναῖον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nai̯.on/ → /aˈθi.nɛ.on/ → /aˈθi.ne.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.nai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰe̝.nɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.nɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ne.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ne.on/

Etymology 1

From Ᾰ̓θηνᾶ (Athēnâ) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Noun

Ᾰ̓θήναιον • (Athḗnaion) n (genitive Ᾰ̓θηναίου); second declension

1. An Athenaeum: a temple of Athena

Declension

Second declension of τὸ Ᾰ̓θήναιον; τοῦ Ᾰ̓θηναίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ Ᾰ̓θήναιον tò Athḗnaion	τὼ Ᾰ̓θηναίω tṑ Athēnaíō	τᾰ̀ Ᾰ̓θήναιᾰ tà Athḗnaia
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓θηναίου toû Athēnaíou	τοῖν Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν toîn Athēnaíoin	τῶν Ᾰ̓θηναίων tôn Athēnaíōn
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓θηναίῳ tôi Athēnaíōi	τοῖν Ᾰ̓θηναίοιν toîn Athēnaíoin	τοῖς Ᾰ̓θηναίοις toîs Athēnaíois
Accusative	τὸ Ᾰ̓θήναιον tò Athḗnaion	τὼ Ᾰ̓θηναίω tṑ Athēnaíō	τᾰ̀ Ᾰ̓θήναιᾰ tà Athḗnaia
Vocative	Ᾰ̓θήναιον Athḗnaion	Ᾰ̓θηναίω Athēnaíō	Ᾰ̓θήναιᾰ Athḗnaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Athenaeum (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “Ἀθήναιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἀθήναιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Ἀθήναιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓θήναιον • (Athḗnaion) m

1. accusative of Ᾰ̓θήναιος (Athḗnaios)