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Ἀθηναίου (Athenaiou)

Ἀθηναίου is an Ancient Greek form of Ἀθηναῖος, meaning “Athenian”. It is the genitive singular masculine adjective.

It can also be a form of Ἀθήναιον, “Athenaion — aqhnai=on)”.

Found 44 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 1.2.47: ἦν δὲ τὰ ἐλεγεῖα τὰ μάλιστα καθαψάμενα τῶν Ἀθηναίων τάδε· εἴην δὴ τότʼ ἐγὼ Φολεγάνδριος ἢ Σικινίτης ἀντί γʼ Ἀθηναίου, πατρίδʼ ἀμειψάμενος. αἶψα γὰρ ἂν φάτις ἥδε μετʼ ἀνθρώποισι γένοιτο· Ἀττικὸς οὗτος ἀνὴρ τῶν Σαλαμιναφετῶν. εἶ …

All forms of Ἀθηναῖος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.