Ἀθήνη: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: PN<br />Meaning: the goddess (Il.). A common Greek goddess, with a snake, from Minoan times, protecting the palace.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. (dat.?) [[atanapotinija]] (AJ 112). Dor. etc. [[Ἀθάνα]]<br />Derivatives: After the goddess (?) the town [[Ἀθῆναι]], Dor. [[Ἀθᾶναι]] (cf. [[Θῆβαι]], [[Μυκῆναι]]). - [[Ἀθηναῖος]] [[Athenian]] (Il.), from which fem. [[Ἀθηναία]], <b class="b3">-η</b>, which is also used as the name of the goddess (88 times im Hom.). From this form <b class="b3">*Ἀθηνάα</b> (Aeol. <b class="b3">᾽Αθαναα</b> with short [[να]]) > Att. [[Ἀθηνᾶ]].<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Like the goddess her name is pre-Greek; note the suffix <b class="b3">-αν-</b>) Nilsson Gr. Religion 1, 405ff., further Kretschmer Glotta 27, 243ff. Cf. <b class="b3">᾽Αττικός</b>.