Ἀτθίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀττική (Attikḗ, “Attica”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /atʰ.tʰís/ → /atˈθis/ → /atˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /atʰ.tʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /atˈtʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /atˈθis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /atˈθis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /atˈθis/

Proper noun

Ἀτθίς • (Atthís) f (genitive Ἀτθίδος); third declension

1. Attica (an ancient region in Greece)
2. the Attic dialect
3. the history of Athens
4. Athens (an ancient city-state in modern Greece)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ἀτθῐ́ς; τῆς Ἀτθῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀτθῐ́ς hē Atthís
Genitive	τῆς Ἀτθῐ́δος tês Atthídos
Dative	τῇ Ἀτθῐ́δῐ têi Atthídi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀτθῐ́δᾰ tḕn Atthída
Vocative	Ἀτθῐ́ς Atthís
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Noun

Ἀτθίς • (Atthís) f (genitive Ἀτθίδος); third declension

1. an Attic woman

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ἀτθῐ́ς; τῆς Ἀτθῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ἀτθῐ́ς hē Atthís	τὼ Ἀτθῐ́δε tṑ Atthíde	αἱ Ἀτθῐ́δες hai Atthídes
Genitive	τῆς Ἀτθῐ́δος tês Atthídos	τοῖν Ἀτθῐ́δοιν toîn Atthídoin	τῶν Ἀτθῐ́δων tôn Atthídōn
Dative	τῇ Ἀτθῐ́δῐ têi Atthídi	τοῖν Ἀτθῐ́δοιν toîn Atthídoin	ταῖς Ἀτθῐ́σῐ / Ἀτθῐ́σῐν taîs Atthísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Ἀτθῐ́δᾰ tḕn Atthída	τὼ Ἀτθῐ́δε tṑ Atthíde	τᾱ̀ς Ἀτθῐ́δᾰς tā̀s Atthídas
Vocative	Ἀτθῐ́ς Atthís	Ἀτθῐ́δε Atthíde	Ἀτθῐ́δες Atthídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Ατθίς (Atthís); Ατθίδα (Atthída)
• → Latin: Atthis

Further reading

• “Ἀτθίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἀτθίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἀτθίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003